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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Mimulus alatus
FAMILY
Phrymaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Winged Monkey-flower at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mimulus alatus
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-11-003:
Mimulus alatus
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
COMMON NAME:
Winged Monkey-flower, Sharpwing Monkey-flower
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_mial2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_mial2_004_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_mimulus_alatus
August
Flowers solitary in leaf axils on stalks shorter than the calyx, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
COMPARE
Monkey-flowers
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_mimulus_alatus_5
August
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Rusty Wilson fkw_mimulusalatus_2
Month Unknown Greenwood County SC
Ninety Six National Historic Site
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Rusty Wilson fkw_mimulusalatus_3
Month Unknown Greenwood County SC
Ninety Six National Historic Site
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Rusty Wilson fkw_mimulusalatus_4
Month Unknown Greenwood County SC
Ninety Six National Historic Site
Leaves similar to M. ringens but to 5 (vs 3) cm wide and distinctly petiolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Rusty Wilson fkw_mimulusalatus_4b
Month Unknown Greenwood County SC
Ninety Six National Historic Site
The stem is narrowly winged, & flowers are exceeded by the petiolate leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Mimulus alatus
FAMILY
Phrymaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mimulus alatus
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-11-003:
Mimulus alatus
FAMILY
Scrophulariaceae
2390
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: marshes, bottomlands, ditches, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Lavender/Nearly white
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted calyx
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla
4 stamens (2 long, 2 short)
Superior ovary
Flowers solitary in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p148
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p334
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p409
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p088
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p223
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p243
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p287
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p155
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p264