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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Mimulus ringens var. ringens   FAMILY Phrymaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mimulus ringens var. ringens   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-11-002:

Mimulus ringens   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Mimulus ringens

 

COMMON NAME:
Allegheny Monkeyflower, Square-stemmed Monkeyflower


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image of Mimulus ringens var. ringens, Allegheny Monkeyflower, Square-stemmed Monkeyflower

JK Marlow    jkm100626_086

June    Avery County    NC

The Roan Highlands

image of Mimulus ringens var. ringens, Allegheny Monkeyflower, Square-stemmed Monkeyflower

JK Marlow    jkm0507e_11

July    Fayette County    WV

Hawks Nest State Park

image of Mimulus ringens var. ringens, Allegheny Monkeyflower, Square-stemmed Monkeyflower

Keith Bradley    kab_mimulus_1850

July    Blount County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Mimulus ringens var. ringens, Allegheny Monkeyflower, Square-stemmed Monkeyflower

Keith Bradley    kab_mimulus_1866

July    Blount County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Mimulus ringens var. ringens, Allegheny Monkeyflower, Square-stemmed Monkeyflower

Ron Lance    rwl_20220726_114546

July    Jackson County    NC

Big Ridge Preserve

image of Mimulus ringens var. ringens, Allegheny Monkeyflower, Square-stemmed Monkeyflower

Ron Lance    rwl_20220726_114546b

July    Jackson County    NC

Big Ridge Preserve

image of Mimulus ringens var. ringens, Allegheny Monkeyflower, Square-stemmed Monkeyflower

Gill Newberry    gn08_mimulus_fl

August        

image of Mimulus ringens var. ringens, Allegheny Monkeyflower, Square-stemmed Monkeyflower

JK Marlow    jkm060805_097

August    Haywood County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

The throat has a raised palate shaded with yellow, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Mimulus ringens var. ringens, Allegheny Monkeyflower, Square-stemmed Monkeyflower

JK Marlow    jkm060813_030

August    Haywood County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Leaves stalkless, and the flower stalk is longer than the calyx, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).


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image of Mimulus ringens var. ringens, Allegheny Monkeyflower, Square-stemmed Monkeyflower

JK Marlow    jkm060813_039

August    Haywood County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Leaves sessile, often clasping the stem, with obscurely crenate margins, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Mimulus ringens var. ringens, Allegheny Monkeyflower, Square-stemmed Monkeyflower

JK Marlow    jkm111026_075

October    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

The capsule is enclosed by the persistent calyx, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Mimulus ringens var. ringens   FAMILY Phrymaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mimulus ringens var. ringens   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-11-002:
Mimulus ringens   FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Mimulus ringens

 

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935

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: marshes, bogs, wet meadows, bottomlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain)

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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

 

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