Common Name: LOPSEED FAMILY Habit: Annual to shrub. Stem: ×-section generally round. Leaf: opposite, simple, generally entire or toothed; stipules 0. Inflorescence: spike, raceme, or panicle, bracted, or flowers 1--2 in axils. Flower: bisexual; calyx radial or +- bilateral, tube long, generally ribbed, lobes 5; corolla generally bilateral, generally 2-lipped, upper [1]2-lobed, lower 3-lobed; stamens 4 in 2 pairs, epipetalous, included or exserted; pistil 1, ovary superior, chambers 1--2, placentas parietal or axile, style 1, stigma lobes 2, flat, folding together when touched. Fruit: generally capsule, generally ellipsoid, loculicidal [indehiscent, 1-seeded]. Genera In Family: +- 12 genera, 200 species: +- worldwide, many habitats; some cultivated as ornamental (e.g., Diplacus, Erythranthe). Formerly included in Scrophulariaceae. Note: Family description by David J. Keil. eFlora Treatment Author: Naomi S. Fraga [TJM2 author David M. Thompson] Scientific Editor: Bruce G. Baldwin.
Common Name: MONKEYFLOWER Habit: Perennial herb, from rhizome; glabrous. Stem: generally erect. Leaf: petiolate, generally toothed, generally green. Inflorescence: raceme, bracted, or flowers generally 2 per axil. Flower: calyx generally green, lobes generally << tube, generally unequal; corolla generally deciduous, blue to violet, purplish, light pink to nearly white, limbs strongly bilabiate, lower lip base occasionally swollen, +- closing mouth; anther sacs spreading; placentas 2, axile; stigma lobes generally included. Fruit: generally ovoid to fusiform, generally +- fragile, dehiscent to base, chambers 2. Seed: many, generally < 1 mm, ovoid, +- yellow to dark brown. Etymology: (Latin: little mime or comic actor, from face-like corolla of some species) Note: Limb width measured between most distant points across corolla face. eFlora Treatment Author: Naomi S. Fraga [TJM2 author David M. Thompson] Reference: Barker et al. 2012 Phytoneuron 39:1--60.
Mimulus ringens L.
NATIVE OR NATURALIZED Stem: 20--130 cm, generally ascending, 4-angled. Leaf: 25--80 mm, lanceolate to narrowly oblong, generally +- clasping stem; veins pinnate. Flower: pedicel 20--35 mm; calyx 10--16 mm, +- puberulent, lobes equal, 2--6 mm, acute, minutely ciliate at base; corolla lavender to purple, tube-throat 20--30 mm, lower lip base swollen, +- closing mouth; placentas axile. Fruit: 10--12 mm. Chromosomes: 2n=16,22,24. Ecology: Wet places; Elevation: < 200 m. Bioregional Distribution: ne SnJV (near La Grange, Stanislaus Co.); Distribution Outside California: to Canada to eastern United States; also Idaho, Colorado. Flowering Time: Apr--Jun Jepson eFlora Author: Naomi S. Fraga [TJM2 author David M. Thompson] Reference: Barker et al. 2012 Phytoneuron 39:1--60. Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Previous taxon: Mimulus Next taxon: Phytolaccaceae
Citation for this treatment: Naomi S. Fraga 2018, Mimulus ringens, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, Revision 6, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=33706, accessed on April 19, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 19, 2024.
Geographic subdivisions for Mimulus ringens:
ne SnJV (near La Grange, Stanislaus Co.)
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