Description
Grow in moist to wet soils in full sun to part shade. Best in part shade. Naturalizes in optimum growing conditions by both self-seeding and creeping rhizomes.
Mimulus ringens
(Monkey Flower)
$14.99
Hardiness Zones:
3a 3b 4a 4b 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8bQuick Overview:
Allegheny monkey flower (also commonly called square-stemmed monkey flower) is a rhizomatous, Missouri native, upright perennial which typically occurs in swampy areas, wet meadows, pond/streambanks and low woods throughout the State. Typically grows 1-3′ (less frequently to 4′) tall on erect, square, sometimes branching stems. Features lilac-purple, snapdragon-like flowers (to 1" long) with two-lipped, open-mouthed corollas. Flowers appear in pairs in the leaf axils on slender 1-2" long pedicels. Each flower purportedly resembles the face of a smiling monkey (hence the common name). Flowers bloom throughout the summer. Sessile, opposite leaves (2-4" long) are oblong to lanceolate and sharply-toothed. Ringens in Latin means to gape.
