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Mimulus ringens Linnaeus var. ringens . Common name: Allegheny Monkeyflower. Phenology: Jun-Sep. Habitat: Marshes, bogs, wet meadows, bottomlands. Distribution: NS and QC west to SK, south to c. GA, LA, OK, and CO.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA17, G, K4, Va; = Mimulus ringens L. var. typica — Pennell (1935); < Mimulus ringens L. — C, GrPl, GW2, Mi, Mo3, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S, Tat, Tn, Tx, W, WV; > Mimulus ringens L. var. minthodes (Greene) A.L.Grant — F, Il, Grant (1924); > Mimulus ringens L. var. ringens — F, Il, Grant (1924). Basionym: Mimulus ringens L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Mimulus ringens var. ringens - FNA17

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL (name change)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL (name change)
  • Great Plains: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 7

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect, rhizomatous perennial of wet habitats such as marshes, bogs, wet meadows and bottomlands.

Stems: Stem square (4-angled) but lacking the wings seen in M. alatus.

Leaves: Leaves opposite, lance-shaped to oval, sessile-clasping at the base, with serrate margins and reduced in size up the stem. Inflorescence none; flowers borne singly from leaf axils.

Inforescence: Inflorescence none; flowers borne singly from leaf axils.

Flowers: Flowers tubular, lavender to blue or pink, tube divided into 2 lips, the upper erect and cleft into 3 lobes, the lower spreading and 2-lobed; calyx also tubular and strongly angled.

Fruits: Capsules enclosed by persistent calyx.

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Height: 6 - 36 in.

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description: Erect, rhizomatous perennial of wet habitats such as marshes, bogs, wet meadows and bottomlands.

stems: Stem square (4-angled) but lacking the wings seen in M. alatus.

leaves: Leaves opposite, lance-shaped to oval, sessile-clasping at the base, with serrate margins and reduced in size up the stem. Inflorescence none; flowers borne singly from leaf axils.

inflorescence: Inflorescence none; flowers borne singly from leaf axils.

flowers: Flowers tubular, lavender to blue or pink, tube divided into 2 lips, the upper erect and cleft into 3 lobes, the lower spreading and 2-lobed; calyx also tubular and strongly angled.

fruits: Capsules enclosed by persistent calyx.

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