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Phrymaceae
Mimulus

not marked as a favorite taxon Mimulus alatus W. Aiton. Common name: Winged Monkeyflower. Phenology: Jun-Nov. Habitat: Marshes, bottomlands, ditches. Distribution: MA and CT west to s. MI and s. IA, south to Panhandle FL and TX.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, Fl6, FNA17, G, GrPl, GW2, Il, K4, Mi, Mo3, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV, Grant (1924), Pennell (1935). Basionym: Mimulus alatus Aiton 1789

Links to other floras: = Mimulus alatus - FNA17

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
  • Great Plains: OBL
  • Midwest: OBL
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 7

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect, rhizomatous perennial of marshes, bottomlands, ditches and any place with soils that are seasonally flooded but with drawdown during the growing season.

Stems: Stems 4-angled, with wings on the angles.

Leaves: Leaves opposite, on winged petioles or sessile, lance-shaped to oval, tapering at the base, 2-5 in. long (reduced upward), toothed, smooth.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers solitary on stalks from upper leaf axils; pale violet or pink with a patch of yellow surrounded by a narrow band of white in the throat; about 1 in. long; bilaterally symmetric; tubular and opening to 2 unequal lips, the upper one erect and 2-lobed (each lobe often folded), the lower spreading and 3-lobed. A light green calyx tube is strongly 5-angled (winged) and has 5 short lobes.

Fruits: Fruit a capsule enclosed by the persistent calyx.

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Height: 1-4 ft.

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description: Erect, rhizomatous perennial of marshes, bottomlands, ditches and any place with soils that are seasonally flooded but with drawdown during the growing season.

stems: Stems 4-angled, with wings on the angles.

leaves: Leaves opposite, on winged petioles or sessile, lance-shaped to oval, tapering at the base, 2-5 in. long (reduced upward), toothed, smooth.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers solitary on stalks from upper leaf axils; pale violet or pink with a patch of yellow surrounded by a narrow band of white in the throat; about 1 in. long; bilaterally symmetric; tubular and opening to 2 unequal lips, the upper one erect and 2-lobed (each lobe often folded), the lower spreading and 3-lobed. A light green calyx tube is strongly 5-angled (winged) and has 5 short lobes.

fruits: Fruit a capsule enclosed by the persistent calyx.

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