Purple bee balm flowers, Grinnell Glacier Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Monarda (bee balm, horsemint, oswego tea, or bergamot) is a genus consisting of roughly 16 species of erect, herba

Purple bee balm flowers, Grinnell Glacier Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Monarda (bee balm, horsemint, oswego tea, or bergamot) is a genus consisting of roughly 16 species of erect, herbaceous, annual or perennial plants in the family Lamiaceae.