Mimulus ringens L.
Square-stemmed monkeyflower
The Allegheny monkey flower gets its unusual name from the shape of its flower, fancifully believed to resemble a monkey’s face when squeezed from behind. It is a North American native, and prefers wet areas. The plant shown here was a few feet from a pond, in damp, rich soil. Identification: Plants grow 8-39" (20-100 cm) tall. The stem is hairless and square in cross-section. Leaves are opposite, hairless, oblong or sometimes thin and lance-shaped, emerging almost directly from the stem or wrapped partially around it. Flowers are ¾-1" (2-3 cm) in size, and bilaterally symmetrical—consisting of two mirror-image halves. The flowers are lavender-colored, with a yellow throat, with a two-lobed upper lip and a lower larger, three-lobed lip. Flowers emerge in long stems sideways from the main stem. Online References:
Mimulus ringens on Missouriplants.com Mimulus ringens at Illinois Wildflowers Mimulus ringens on CalPhotos Mimulus ringens at the University of Wisconsin's Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium Mimulus ringens at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Mimulus ringens on the USDA Plants Database Mimulus ringens on Wikipedia Mimulus ringens on the Connecticut Botanical Society's Connecticut wildflowers site 7/29/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Nashoba Hospital, Ayer, Massachusetts 8/26/2018 · Henry E. Cowdrey Nature Center, Lunenburg, Massachusetts 7/29/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Nashoba Hospital, Ayer, Massachusetts Mimulus ringens description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020. © FloraFinder.org. All rights reserved. |
7/29/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Nashoba Hospital, Ayer, Massachusetts 7/31/2012 · Bemis Rd Conservation Area, Pepperell, Massachusetts 8/3/2012 · Bemis Rd Conservation Area, Pepperell, Massachusetts 7/31/2012 · Bemis Rd Conservation Area, Pepperell, Massachusetts 7/31/2012 · Bemis Rd Conservation Area, Pepperell, Massachusetts 7/29/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Nashoba Hospital, Ayer, Massachusetts 8/3/2012 · Bemis Rd Conservation Area, Pepperell, Massachusetts Range: Zones 3-8:
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