- Bloom Time: July – Sept.
- Bloom Color: Purple
- Height: 24 inches
- Sun: Full to partial
- Soil: Medium to dry
Monarda punctata
Caterpillar food for
Pink-Patched Looper Moth (Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides), (Pyrausta generosa), Grey Marvel (Anterastria teratophora), Orange Mint Moth (Pyrausta orphisalis), Hermit Sphinx (Lintneria eremitus)
Butterfly food for
Cabbage White (Pieris rapae), Checkered White (Pontia protodice), Great
Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele), Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus)
Attracts these pollinators:
black sweat bee (Dufourea monardae), great black wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus), great golden digger wasp (Sphex ichneumoneus), sweat bees (Lasioglossum spp.), long-horned bees (Melissodes spp.), bumble bees (Bombus spp.), solder beetles (Chaulognathus spp.)
More information: Minnesota Wildflowers
Photo credit: Alex Abair, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0