Monarda brevis (Fosberg & Artz) Floden. Common name: Smoke Hole Bergamot, Cedar Glade Bergamot. Phenology: Jun-Aug; Jul-Oct. Habitat: Limestone outcrops, cliffs, barrens, and glades, and on limestone talus. Distribution: Apparently endemic to w. VA (Giles County) and e. WV.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: This taxon is seemingly very distinct (Kimball et al. 2002) and warrants species rank (Floden 2017a). It had been collected only a very few times prior to the work of Bartgis (1993), who found it to be a characteristic plant of limestone barrens and woodlands in localized areas in the Ridge and Valley Province of WV. It flowers about a month earlier than M. fistulosa in the vicinity (Bartgis, pers. comm.).
Synonymy ⓘ: = Floden (2017a) in Weakley et al (2017); = Monarda fistulosa L. ssp. brevis comb. nov. ined. (Fosberg & Artz) Kartesz — K4; = Monarda fistulosa L. var. brevis Fosberg & Artz — Va, WV, Fosberg & Artz (1953), Scora (1967); < Monarda fistulosa L. — C, W. Basionym: Monarda fistulosa L. var. brevis Fosberg & Artz 1953
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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Horticultural Information
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