pass over
this obscure
little wildflower
unless your eyes
were wide open
looking for
discoveries,
eager to
notice
things.
The inside portion
resembling orchids;
cream colored
to yellowish,
with purple spots,
in between
layers of lavender.
Close up however,
you can see it's borne
in leafy, interrupted spikes.
Its leaf-like bracts are
conspicuous, recurved,
lilac to whitish.
The corolla tube is elongated,
with a slightly inflated throat.
Have you noticed?
© 2018 Richard Havenga
Horsemint - (Spotted Monarda) - Monarda punctata
Botanical source: Michigan Wildflowers ~ Helen Smith ~ Cranbrook Institute of Science - Michigan © 1961
Photo Location: Home Fields ~ Cannonsburg, Michigan
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