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Lake Wales balm

Dicerandra christmanii

Lake Wales balm
Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region, Public domain
Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)

About

Dicerandra christmanii is a rare species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common names Garrett's mint, yellow scrub balm, and Lake Wales balm. It is endemic to Highlands County, Florida, in the United States, where it is known from only four sites on the Lake Wales Ridge. All are contained within a tract of land measuring 6 kilometers by 3 kilometers. The plant is steadily declining due to the destruction and degradation of its habitat, and only one of the four occurrences is on protected land. It is a federally listed endangered species.

The plant was first collected in 1948 by Ray Garrett. Over the years it was included within the description of its close relative, Dicerandra frutescens.

Other Dicerandra plants

Longspur balm · Florida balm · Scrub balm · Smoky Balm · Spotless balm · Coastal plain balm · Dicerandra modesta · Rose balm · Radford's balm · Dicerandra thinicola · Balm

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dicerandra christmanii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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