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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Mimulus ringens var. ringens
FAMILY
Phrymaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Mimulus at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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
COMMON NAME:
Allegheny Monkey-flower, Square-stemmed Monkey-flower
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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JK Marlow jkm100626_086
June Avery County NC
The Roan Highlands
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JK Marlow jkm0507e_11
July Fayette County WV
Hawks Nest State Park
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Keith Bradley kab_mimulus_1850
July Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Keith Bradley kab_mimulus_1866
July Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Gill Newberry gn08_mimulus_fl
August
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm060813_003
August Haywood County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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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.
COMPARE
Monkey-flowers
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JK Marlow jkm060813_034
August Haywood County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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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.
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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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
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
935
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain)
Look for it in marshes, bogs, wet meadows, bottomlands, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Wet
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Lavender/Nearly white
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted calyx
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla
4 stamens (2 long, 2 short)
Superior ovary
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 p149
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p100
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p170
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p410
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p088
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p167
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p223
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p243
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p288
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p155