Mimulus ringens

Mimulus ringens
Mimulus ringens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Phrymaceae
Genus: Mimulus
Species: M. ringens
Binomial name
Mimulus ringens
L.

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 there are occurrences in the western United States, some of which may represent introductions. It grows in a wide variety of wet habitat types.

This is rhizomatous perennial growing 20 centimeters to well over a meter tall, its 4-angled stem usually erect. The oppositely arranged leaves are lance-shaped to oblong, up to 8 centimeters long, and sometimes joined or nearly so clasping the stem. The herbage is hairless. The flower 2 to 3 centimeters long, its tubular base encapsulated in a ribbed calyx of sepals with pointed lobes. The flower is lavender in color and divided into an upper lip and a larger, swollen lower lip.

One variety of this plant, var. colophilus, is rare, ecologically restricted, and vulnerable. It is known from Quebec, it has been reported in Vermont, and there are a few occurrences in Maine, where it grows only in freshwater sections of tidal estuaries.[1] This plant variety faces several threats, but its current status is not known due to a lack of data.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Center for Plant Conservation: var. colophilus

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  • Mimulus ringens — ID 54075 Symbol Key MIRI Common Name Allegheny monkeyflower Family Scrophulariaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Mimulus ringens var. ringens — ID 54077 Symbol Key MIRIR Common Name Allegheny monkeyflower Family Scrophulariaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA,… …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Mimulus ringens var. colpophilus — ID 54076 Symbol Key MIRIC Common Name Allegheny monkeyflower Family Scrophulariaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution ME, VT Growth Habit Forb/herb …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Mimulus ringens L. — Symbol MIRI Common Name Allegheny monkeyflower Botanical Family Scrophulariaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Mimulus ringens L. var. ringens — Symbol MIRIR Common Name Allegheny monkeyflower Botanical Family Scrophulariaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Mimulus ringens L. var. colpophilus Fernald — Symbol MIRIC Common Name Allegheny monkeyflower Botanical Family Scrophulariaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Mimulus ringens L. var. congesta Farw. — Symbol MIRIR Synonym Symbol MIRIC2 Botanical Family Scrophulariaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Mimulus ringens L. var. minthodes (Greene) A.L. Grant — Symbol MIRIR Synonym Symbol MIRIM Botanical Family Scrophulariaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Mimulus ringens L. var. minthodes (Greene) A.L. Grant — Symbol MIRIR Synonym Symbol MIRIM Botanical Family Scrophulariaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Mimulus — is also an OpenWetWare community for the Mimulus biology. Monkey flower and variants redirect here. The term is also used for Common Toadflax and other snapdragon like Lamiales. For the crab genus, see Mimulus (crab). Mimulus …   Wikipedia

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