MIMULUS

Mimulus L., Sp. Pl. 2: 634. 1753; Fl. China @ eFloras,org 18: 40.

Annual or perennial herbs; erect, diffusely prostrate or creeping, glabrous or glandular hairy, sometimes viscid. Stems simple or branched, terete or quadrangular and winged. Leaves opposite, margin entire or toothed. Flowers bisexual, zygomorphic, hypogynous, solitary axillary or in terminal racemes. Bracteoles present or absent. Calyx tubular to campanulate, often inflated in fruit, glabrous to villous, 5-ribbed, with veins sometimes narrowly winged, 5-lobed; lobes short, regular or irregular. Corolla 2-lipped; tube cylindric, longer than calyx; upper lip 2-lobed, lobes erect or reflexed; lower lip 3-lobed, lobes often spreading, flat, lower lip palate with 2 bulging plaits. Stamens 4, didynamous, inserted on corolla tube, included. Stigma 2-lamellate. Capsule compressed, loculicidal. Seeds numerous, ovoid to oblong, minute; seed coat smooth or reticulate.

7 species

Studied taxon: Mimulus hybrid

Flowering and Fruiting: February to March
Common Names: Monkey Flower