Wild Bergamot is a lavender-flowered prairie mint with a pleasant oregano-like fragrance. An extremely valuable pollinator plant — its tubular flowers are perfectly suited for native bees, hummingbirds, and sphinx moths.
Best time to see a Wild Bergamot
The best time to see a Wild Bergamot is June–July, when about 71% of U.S. sightings happen, based on 50,161 research-grade iNaturalist observations.
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