Mimulus moschatus - (image 1 of 5)
Taxonomy
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Habitat
Cool, wet soil along brooks and springs. These plants were found growing in a drainage ditch.
Associates
Distribution
Southeast Canada, south to MI, New England, NY to WV. Escaped from cultivation in other areas.
Morphology
Creeping herbaceous perennial. Villous and musk-scented. Leaves thin, petiolate, ovate to lance-ovate, pinnately veined. Flowers from upper leaf axils; corolla yellow with an open throat; calyx lobes narrowly triangular, about equal in length.
Notes
Flowers July to August
Wetland indicator: Obligate
Endangered in MA and NH. Might be native to the west coast based on the USDA page for this plant.
References
Gleason, Henry A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of
Northeastern United States
and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.
The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY
Swink, F. and G. Wilhelm. 1994. Plants of the Chicago Region.
Indiana Academy of Science. The Morton Arboretum. Lisle, Illinois.
USDA, NRCS. 2002.
The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov).
National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
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