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Mimulus ringens is a species of monkeyflower known by the common names Allegheny monkeyflower and square-stemmed monkeyflower. It is native to eastern and central North America and has been introduced to the Pacific Northwest. [1] [2] It grows in a wide variety of moist to wet habitat types. [3] [4] Seeds are available from commercial suppliers.
Mimulus / ˈ m ɪ m juː l ə s /, [1] also known as monkeyflowers, [2] is a plant genus in the family Phrymaceae, which was traditionally placed in family Scrophulariaceae. The genus now contains only seven species, two native to eastern North America and the other five native to Asia, Australia, Africa, or Madagascar. [ 3 ]
Erythranthe, the monkey-flowers and musk-flowers, is a diverse plant genus with more than 120 members (as of 2022) in the family Phrymaceae. Erythranthe was originally described as a separate genus, then generally regarded as a section within the genus Mimulus, and recently returned to generic rank.
The flowers are trumpet-shaped and are usually white or pink with purple spots. Like most plants in and formerly in the genus Mimulus, the patterns on their flowers cause them to resemble a grinning monkey, hence the vernacular name 'monkey flower' for such plants. [2] [3] [6] This species can grow 30 cm wide and up to 20 cm tall. It is ...
The flowering plant has green foliage and blue to violet flowers. [5] It has a short life span compared to most other plants and a rapid growth rate. [6] Like other monkey-flowers of the genus Mimulus, M. alatus grows best in wet to moist conditions and has a bilabiate corolla, meaning it is two-lipped. The arrangement of the upper and lower ...
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Mimulus luteus L. (1763) ... Erythranthe lutea is a species of monkeyflower also known as yellow monkeyflower, monkey musk, blotched monkey flowers, ...
Monkey flower can refer to: Several genera of plant family Phrymaceae, including: Diplacus; Erythranthe; Mimulus; Various snapdragon-like Lamiales, including: Linaria vulgaris; Phyllocarpus septentrionalis, monkey-flower tree