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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Mimulus alatus
FAMILY
Phrymaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Though the ranges of M. alatus and M. ringens overlap widely..., and the habitats seem to be identical, they seldom grow together in the same marsh or ditch. Remember that M. alatus is the one with the sessile flowers but leaves that are not sessile. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mimulus alatus
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Mimulus alatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-11-003:
Mimulus alatus FAMILY Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Mimulus alatus
COMMON NAME:
Winged Monkeyflower, Sharpwing Monkeyflower
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_mial2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_mial2_004_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_mimulus_alatus
August
Flowers solitary in leaf axils on stalks shorter than the calyx, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
COMPARE
Monkey-flowers
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_mimulus_alatus_5
August
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Rusty Wilson fkw_mimulusalatus_2
Month Unknown Greenwood County SC
Ninety Six National Historic Site
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Rusty Wilson fkw_mimulusalatus_3
Month Unknown Greenwood County SC
Ninety Six National Historic Site
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Rusty Wilson fkw_mimulusalatus_4
Month Unknown Greenwood County SC
Ninety Six National Historic Site
Leaves similar to M. ringens but to 5 (vs 3) cm wide and distinctly petiolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Rusty Wilson fkw_mimulusalatus_4b
Month Unknown Greenwood County SC
Ninety Six National Historic Site
The stem is narrowly winged, & flowers are exceeded by the petiolate leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Mimulus alatus
FAMILY
Phrymaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mimulus alatus
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Mimulus alatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-11-003:
Mimulus alatus
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Mimulus alatus
2390
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: marshes, bottomlands, ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain, rare in SC Mountains)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Lavender/Nearly white
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted calyx
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla
4 stamens (2 long, 2 short)
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers solitary in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p148
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p334
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p478
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p409
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p088
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p223
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p330
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p243
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p287
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p155
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p264
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