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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Phrymaceae |
| Genus: | Mimulus |
| Species: | M. ringens
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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 has been introduced to the Pacific Northwest.23 It grows in a wide variety of moist to wet habitat types.45 Seeds are available from commercial suppliers.
This is a rhizomatous perennial4 growing 20 centimetres (7.9 in) to well over 1 meter (3.3 ft) tall, its 4-angled stem usually erect.5 The oppositely arranged leaves are lance-shaped to oblong, up to 8 centimetres (3.1 in) long, usually clasping the stem.5 The sessile leaves of M. ringens help to distinguish it from its eastern relative, Mimulus alatus,6 which bears leaves on petioles and has a winged stem. The herbage is hairless.4 The flower is 1–3 inches (2.5–7.6 cm) long,4 its tubular base encapsulated in a ribbed calyx of sepals with pointed lobes. The flower is lavender, blue, red or pink in color4 and is divided into an upper lip and a larger, swollen lower lip.5
Taxonomy
Mimulus ringens was given its scientific name in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus. It is classified in the family Phrymaceae together with its genus, Mimulus. It has two accepted varieties.7
- Mimulus ringens var. colpophilus
This variety 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.8 This variety is distinguished by having shorter calyces than the ringens variety and by its short flower pedicels, 1–1.7 centimetres (0.39–0.67 in) long8 versus a length of 2–3.5 centimetres (0.79–1.38 in) in the nominate subspecies.5 This plant variety faces several threats, but its current status is not known due to a lack of data.8910 - Mimulus ringens var. ringens
The autonymic variety has a widespread native range in eastern North America and has also been introduced to Europe. It also has nine heterotypic synonyms.11
| Name | Year | Rank |
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| Mimulus acutangulus Greene | 1909 | species |
| Mimulus minthodes Greene | 1909 | species |
| Mimulus pallidus Salisb. | 1796 | species |
| Mimulus pteropus Raf. | 1817 | species |
| Mimulus ringens f. albiflorus Moldenke | 1944 | form |
| Mimulus ringens var. congesta Farw. | 1917 | variety |
| Mimulus ringens var. minthodes (Greene) A.L.Grant | 1924 | variety |
| Mimulus ringens f. peckii House | 1923 | form |
| Mimulus ringens f. roseus Fassett | 1943 | form |
References
References
- NatureServe (9 January 2026). "Mimulus ringens". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
- USDA NRCS National Plant Data Team. "Mimulus ringens L." U.S. Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- Giblin, David. "Mimulus ringens". Burke Herbarium Image Collection. University of Washington. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- "Mimulus ringens North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox". N.C. Cooperative Extension. N.C. State University and N.C. A&T State University. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- Fraga, Naomi S. (2018). Jepson Flora Project (ed.). "Mimulus ringens". Jepson eFlora, Revision 6. Regents of the University of California. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- "Mimulus ringens Allegheny Monkey Flower". Minnesota Wildflowers. 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- POWO (2026). "Mimulus ringens L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
- "CPC National Collection Plant Profile: Mimulus ringens var. colophilus". Center for Plant Conservation. 4 March 2010. Archived from the original on 27 October 2010.
- Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service (30 September 1993). "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Review of Plant Taxa for Listing as Endangered or Threatened Species" (PDF). Federal Register. 58 (188): 51176. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- "Allegheny Monkeyflower". U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- POWO (2026). "Mimulus ringens var. ringens". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
External links
External links
- Media related to Mimulus ringens at Wikimedia Commons
- University of California, Berkeley CalPhotos