Oswego Tea
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Lamiaceae / Mint Oswego Tea (Monarda didyma)
Oswego Tea is also known as Bee Balm and officially as Scarlet Beebalm. ...
Oswego Tea or Bee Balm and other species of Monarda are among the most colorful natives for the summer garden.
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Other common names include horsemint, wild bergamot, and Oswego tea.
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Bee balm flower colors include pink, red, and white; new double-flowered forms are also available.
Oswego Tea (Monarda didyma 'Donnerwolke')
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Oswego Tea (Monarda didyma 'Marshall's Delight')
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The name "Oswego tea" comes from the "Father of American botany", John Bartram (1699-1777), who discovered Indians and white settlers near Oswego, New York, making tea from the leaves of this American mint.
Another species also found in America (M. didyma) (called also 'Oswego tea' from the use sometimes made of its leaves in America) is said to yield an oil of similar composition, though not to the same degree, and so far M.
Bee balm's alternate name "Oswego Tea" was bestowed upon it by pioneer botanist John Bartram (1699-1777) who observed Oswego Indians using it for tea.
Monarda didyma (Scarlet Beebalm, Oswego Tea, Bergamot)
Monarda fistulosa (Wild Bergamot)
Monarda aristata synonym of Monarda citriodora (Wild Bee Balm, Lemon Mint)
Monarda dispersa synonym of Monarda citriodora (Wild Bee Balm, Lemon Mint) ...
Monarda citriodora
MEDICINAL: Also known as Oswego tea and Bee Balm. It is used to treat nausea and vomiting, and cold and flu relief. The essential oil is used to treat acne, coughs, fevers, tension, stress, and depression.
Monarda, Oswego Tea or Bee-Balm
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Monarda didyma
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Its cousin is modarda didyma, also known as Oswego tea. The leaves are very aromatic, and a tea I made from them was almost too potent. Mixing them with something else to mellow them might make a nicer tea.
Blooms in summer. (Photographed in WI) ...
(Ocimum sanctum) (Ocimum tenuiflorum) Old Man Old Man (Old Woman) Olea europaea Olive Onion Onion seed Opium poppy Orange (Orange, bergamot) (Orange, bitter) (Orange, sour) Orange, sweet Oregan Oregano Origanum maiorana Origanum vulgare (Oswego tea) ...
fistulosa (Wild Bergamot) is a robust perennial, 2 to 4 feet high, the flowers variable; the usual color is pale red, and every gradation almost to white may be found in it. M. didyma (Oswego Tea) is robust, about 3 feet high, the deep red flowers, ...
Collinson named the plant "Oswego tea" after it bloomed in his garden in 1745. The other common name, bee balm, came about when people used the flowers to make it into a poultice, taking the sting out of bee stings.
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 See also: Tea, Balm, Bergamot, Monarda, Bee Balm
  
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