Common Balm
$40.00 USD
Created in the tradition of 19th-century botanical plates, then reviewed by hand before it goes anywhere near a shirt. Yours is printed fresh when you order it.
Style: Short Sleeve
Description
This women's tee is made from 6.1 oz 100% ring-spun US cotton in a boxy, slightly cropped mid-length cut. It features a topstitched ribbed collar, shoulder-to-shoulder twill tape, a seamless body, and a double-needle bottom hem. Dyed with OEKO-TEX certified low-impact dyes in a WRAP-certified facility, using a salt-free clean pigment process that uses about half the water of conventional pigment dyeing. Boxy fit, sizes S–2XL — it runs close to the body, so size up for a looser drape. Slight shade variation between garments is normal.
Size Chart
Garment measurements in inches, laid flat.
| Size | Body length | Body width |
|---|---|---|
| S | 20" | 18 1/4" |
| M | 21" | 20 1/4" |
| L | 22" | 22" |
| XL | 23" | 24" |
| 2XL | 24" | 26" |
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Meet common balm
Melissa officinalis L.
Common balm, often called lemon balm, is a bushy perennial grown for its lemon-scented leaves. It forms a loose mound of branching stems and can spread through both rhizomes and seedlings. The aromatic foliage has long made it useful in herb gardens, where leaves and flowers are used to flavour teas and food. NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox: Melissa officinalis
Bloom window
North Carolina horticultural account
NC State describes small white flowers appearing throughout summer, in whorls at the axils of the upper leaves. NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox: Melissa officinalis
Native range
Its native range runs from the Mediterranean into Central Asia, including North Africa, southern Europe and western Asian regions eastward to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Cultivation has carried it far beyond that range: Kew records introductions through much of North America, northern Europe, New Zealand and parts of South America. Kew Plants of the World Online: Melissa officinalis
Ecological relationships
The flowers attract bees, according to the same extension account. NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox: Melissa officinalis
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