To return to an herb listing click the Back button on your browser. It occurs in dry thickets, clearings and woodland edges from Ontario and British Columbia to Georgia and Mexico. Its square, grooved and hard stems rise about 3 feet high. The leaves occur in opposite pairs, are rough on both surfaces, are distinctly toothed, and lance-shaped. Fine dense hairs cover much of the stem and leaves.
Roots are short, slender, creeping rhizomes.
Wild Bergamot flowers bloom from June to July. Cultivation Wild Bergamot is easily grown in ordinary garden soil. Grows well in heavy clay soils, requires a sunny position, this species thrives when grown in a dry soil and prefers alkaline soil conditions. It attracts bees and butterflies to the garden. Wild Bergamot is edible and medicinal, the dry herb is also used as a flavoring in cooked foods.