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Spotted Beebalm (Horsemint)

Horsemint is a flower doesn't stand out if you walk around outside, but it is quite an interesting flower. I discovered that it acts as a natural mosquito repellent and has the "highest thymol content of all the mints." The thymol gives the flower a wide-variety of uses such as an antiseptic, mite-killer, cough syrup ingredient, and a depressant ingredient.

 

The name comes from its spots, which you cannot see from the angle I took.

 

Thymol Source

Mosquito Repellant Source

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Uploaded on May 21, 2014
Taken on May 19, 2014