小蜜和香蜂草

A bee on a bee balm

A bee who is calm

She works on a bee balm

I ask if she too sees it pink?

she shakes her head, and gives me a wink

一只小蜜她不恼

不慌不忙她采管香蜂草

“小蜜那花你看也是粉色的么”

她头摇一摇, 竟把媚眼抛

Family: Lamiaceae唇形花科
Subfamily: Nepetoideae
Tribe: Mentheae
Genus: Monarda美国薄荷属
L.[1]
Type species
Monarda fistulosa

多年生草本,茎紫色;叶对生,卵状披针形,锯齿缘,先端尖锐,叶表披细毛;花簇生于茎顶,花冠管状,淡紫红色,萼片带紫色。植株叶片味道类似佛手柑树,所以 俗称佛手柑。花朵有如火炬般。