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The evidence also confirmed that bergamot was a hybrid of sour orange and citron, with sour orange as the maternal parent and citron as the paternal parent.

Well, learn something new everyday.

Wild bergamot or Bee balm[1] (Monarda fistulosa) is a wild flower native to North America.[2] This plant is often used as honey plant, medicinal plant, and ornamental plant.[3]

Grows all over the place here.

THIS is what I should have been looking for:

Bergamot orange, citrus fruit used in Earl Grey tea. ... The bergamot orange is unrelated to the herbs of the same name, Monarda didyma and Monarda fistulosa, which are in the mint family.

I KNEW I was doing something wrong!

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That is interesting, glad you noticed it, I didn’t.