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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Mints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies
  6. Mint Family
  7. Elsholtzieae
  8. Horsebalms

genus

Horsebalms

Collinsonia

Traits
Includes
4 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Citronella Horse Balm native
  • Whorled Horse-balm native
  • Anise Horsebalm native
  • Japanese Horsebalm
  • Florida Horsebalm native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native horsebalms All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Citronella Horse Balm Collinsonia canadensis caterpillars 1 flowers 13
  • Whorled Horse-balm Collinsonia verticillata
  • Anise Horsebalm Collinsonia anisata
  • Florida Horsebalm Collinsonia punctata

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