Distribution in USA and Canada
USA (AR, CA, CT, DC, DE, GA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MT, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WA, WV), CAN (BC, MB, ON, QC)
 Map for Melissa officinalis L. USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Melissa
Species
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PLANT PROFILE : (*)
Common names
U.S.
name:
common balm
Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
Synonyms:
Images
 Melissa officinalis Credit: Photo by Leo Michels. Usage: Public Domain
 Melissa officinalis USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 3: 137.
 Melissa officinalis Picture modified from Richard Wettstein - Handbuch der Systematischen Botanik (1924) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de
 Melissa officinalis Otto Wilhelm Thomé: Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz (1885) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
 Melissa officinalis Credit: Photo by Marinella Zepigi
 Melissa officinalis Credit: Photo by Marinella Zepigi
 Melissa officinalis Credit: Photo by Marinella Zepigi
 Melissa officinalis Credit: Photo by Marinella Zepigi
 Melissa officinalis Credit: Photo by Franco Giordana
 Melissa officinalis Credit: Photo by Franco Giordana
 Melissa officinalis Credit: Photo by Franco Giordana
 Melissa officinalis Credit: Photo by Franco Giordana
 Melissa officinalis Hippolyte Coste - Flore descriptive et illustrée de la France, de la Corse et des contrées limitrophes, 1901-1906 - This image is in public domain because its copyright has expired.
 Melissa officinalis Jose Hernandez - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image
 Melissa officinalis Jose Hernandez - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image
 Melissa officinalis Credit: Photo by Brunello Pierini
 Melissa officinalis Credit: Photo by Brunello Pierini
Other
informations
Index of taxa
Genera of Lamiaceae:
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