Curious wild plant I can't identify !

[Maggi Young]

Paul, I KNEW you were a man of taste! 

[shelagh]

Talking of age related memory lapses, they often say that married couples finish each others sentences however in our house we tend to finish the other's plant name as one of us can usually remember only half the name and rely on the other to complete it.  Its just too bad if it has a var. or a ssp.

[Maggi Young]

Worryingly, we can often remember the varietal or ssp. name.... it's the main name we have trouble with
One bright side of having your other half finish your sentences is that at least then you know they were listening!!

[Gerdk]

During our stay at Crete my wife and I talked about a town with an airport at the Turkish Black Sea coast. We both didn't remember in the course of two days. Then we phoned our son in Germany asking him: What is the name of a famous Turkish football club ? He replied without a delay ' Tr.....spor '?

Gerd

[Woodmyst]

Does not look like Monarda (bee balm).  The leaf structure looks more like astilbe, but I'd need a better look at it.  any other pics?

[Maggi Young]

Hi, Woodmyst,
 I think that this is a hitch with different plants having similar common names across the world.... in Europe  this bee friendly  plant, or  bee balm, is a name sometimes given to Phacelia tanacetifolia, (a plant from  theAmericas) whereas I think that Bee Balm in America will refer to a Monarda species, perhaps Monarda fistulosa and Monarda didyma ?

Because different plants have been queried in these pages, I repeat  a photo of the plant in question
 The flowers are  somewhat similar to a Monarda flower head.