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Monkey Flower
Mimulus ringens
Minnesota C-Value: 5
Wetland Indicator Status: OBL
Native
Monkey Face
Leaves: Opposite and oblong to
lance shaped, 4-12 cm long and up
to 1 cm wide. Serrate leaf margins.
Stalkless.
Stems: 1 - 2.5 ft tall and square. Stems
may be winged.
Square Stem
Flowers and fruit: Single flowers ( 2-3
cm) out of upper leaf axils. Slender
stalks 1-5 cm long. Blue-violet petals
with a yellow center that is partially
closed. Upper lip stands upward, and
lower lip has arch. Fruit is a capsule.
Plant communities: Stream banks,
marshes, floodplain forests, muddy
shorelines, ditches.
Comments: Perennial. Flower is
commonly thought to look like a
monkey’s face, hence the common
name.
2010