| 0 | Ames 29844 | Northern Iowa Eco-zone Germplasm | Monarda fistulosa L. | Iowa, United States | NC7 |  | | 2009 | COLLECTED | 1995 | Numerous samples originally acquired from native prairie remnants within the northern section of three tiers of counties located in Iowa. A total of 14 sites were sampled representing 12 counties including Cerro Gordo (2 sites), Kossuth, Emmet, Palo Alto, Dickinson (2 sites), Humboldt, Wright, Chickasaw, Winneshiek, Sioux, Bremer, and Floyd. | | | | Wild material | Wild bergamot is a native, perennial forb that grows 2-5 feet tall. The stems are square, branched or unbranched, smooth and somewhat hairy toward the top. The leaves on short petioles are opposite; each pair is at right angles to the adjacent pair. Individual leaves are somewhat oval in shape, 2.5 x 1 inches, but narrowed and pointed toward the tip. Margins are unevenly toothed. Both leaves and stems have a minty aroma and a gray-green color that may be tinged with purple. The root system is a clump of fibrous rootlets and rhizomes. Flowers are slender pink to lavender tubes, each with a distinct lip or tube. Fruits are 4 nutlets, 1/32 inch in diameter, enclosed by a persistent calyx. Uses include roadside and wildlife plantings, prairie creations and restorations, landscaping, and for increasing plant diversity in prairie communities. This Northern Iowa Eco-zone Germplasm represents materials collected in remnant prairies from the northern one-third of counties in Iowa. Materials were then regenerated by bulking samples at the University of Northern Iowa Tallgrass Prairie Center, Cedar Falls, IA where plots were separated via distance of circa 1,500 feet from other M. fistulosa plots. Germplasm was regenerated again at the USDA Elsberry Plant Materails Center in Elsberry, MO following the same isolation protocol of 1,500 feet. | 1794075 | Ames 29844 |