Allegheny Monkeyflower

Mimulus ringens

"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.
Square-stemmed Monkeyflower My favourite flower. On the shore of a beaver pond, the Square-stemmed Monkeyflower (Mimulus ringens) blooms at Gatineau Park, Quebec, Canada. Canada,Gatineau Park,Geotagged,Mimulus ringens,Quebec,Ramsay Lake,Square-stemmed Monkeyflower,Summer

Appearance

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.
Allegheny Monkeyflower This is a picture of Allegheny Monkeyflower at Kinder Farm Park in Millersville, Maryland. Allegheny Monkeyflower,Geotagged,Mimulus ringens,Summer,United States

Status

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. This plant variety faces several threats, but its current status is not known due to a lack of data.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderLamiales
FamilyPhrymaceae
GenusMimulus
SpeciesRingens
Photographed in
Canada
United States of America