August 18th, 2012. When we drove by the swamps on Enoch John Road in Wilkes
County on August 11th, it had just rained heavily. I spotted a new
(for me) wildflower blooming on the south side of the eastern approach to the
swamp. The flowers had been damaged badly by the rain but there were some buds
ready to open. The photos I took allowed me to identify them as a monkeyflower.
Two monkeyflower species – Mimulus
alatus and Mimulus ringens – occur in Georgia. They are differentiated by the
fact that the leaves of M. alatus have petioles (stalks) and the leaves of M.
ringens are sessile (no stalks). This species is M. ringens.
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Two views of the plants, probably not more than
a dozen or so.
The leaves are clearly sessile, indicating that this is Mimulus ringens rather than Mimulus alatus.
A
bud
A
flower, from the front,
in
profile,
from above, and
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From
left and right sides. Which is my best side?
Mimulus
ringens (Allegheny monkeyflower, Square-stemmed Monkey Flower. Monkeyflower) is native
to the United States, where it’s found in most states in the continental US
with the exception of Florida, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico. In
Georgia, it’s found in many counties in the north of the state.
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Identification
resources:
Southeastern
Flora:
Name
that Plant: Native and Naturalized Plants of the Carolinas and Georgia:
- Mimulus alatus (Winged Monkey-flower, Sharpwing MonkeyFlower)
Missouri Plants:
- Mimulus alatus
Illinois Wild Flowers:
Distribution:
United
States Department of Agriculture Plants Database:
University of North Carolina Herbarium:
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