Nicotiana tabacum – Tobacco

Botanical Family Solanaceae

Bloom Time June – October

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 1

Aperture Type Compound

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 

Shape Round

Pollen Color

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Lythrum salicaria – Purple loosetrife

Bloom Time May – September

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Colporate

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 

Shape Round

Pollen Color

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Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Lycoris squamigera – Ressurection Lily

Botanical Family Amaryllidaceae

Bloom Time August-September

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 1

Aperture Type Sulcus

Ornamentation Reticulate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 83

Shape Oval

Pollen Color Orange

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source •

Nectar Source •

Lobelia siphilitica – Great Blue Lobelia

Botanical Family Campanulaceae

Bloom Time August – September

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Colpus

Ornamentation Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 43

Shape Round

Pollen Color 

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Lobelia cardinalis – Cardinal Flower

Botanical Family Campanulaceae

Bloom Time July – September

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Compound

Ornamentation Echinate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 56

Shape Round

Pollen Color Cream, White

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source • •

Nectar Source •

Lonicera japonica – Japanese Honeysuckle

Botanical Family Caprifoliaceae

Bloom Time September – October

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit  Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Compound

Ornamentation Echinate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 69

Shape Round

Pollen Color Yellow, Light Yellow

Honey Bee Resources

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Monarda punctata – Spotted Bee Balm

Botanical Family Lamiaceae

Bloom Time June – September

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 6

Aperture Type Colpus

Ornamentation Reticulate

Tectum Semitectate

Size (um) 43

Shape Round 

Pollen Color 

Honey Bee Resource

Pollen Source

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