Mimulus ringens
 
Blue Monkeyflower

Leaf and Flower, Top

Hudson Bay Regional Park
09-July-2013

bullet

Ringens: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora leading to this species. 
bullet

plants glabrous; NOT [plants glandular pubescent]

bullet

flowers blue to violet; NOT [flowers crimson to reddish], NOT [flowers yellow]

 

bullet

Mimulus Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora and Flora of Alberta leading to this genus. 
bullet

stems leafy; NOT [leaves in a basal rosette]

bullet

leaves all opposite; NOT [leaves alternate], NOT [upper leaves often whorled]

bullet

leaves simple, neither pinnately lobed nor cleft; NOT [leaves pinnately lobed or cleft]

bullet

leaves lanceolate to ovate or rotund; NOT [leaves narrowly linear, 1-6 mm wide]

bullet

leaves dentate; NOT [leaves entire]

bullet

floral leaves or bracts usually green; NOT [floral leaves or bracts brightly colored, usually red or yellow, or shades of these colours], NOT [upper leaves violet-tinged]

bullet

flowers in the axils of leaves or bracts; NOT [flowers in a terminal spike], NOT [flowers solitary]

bullet

flowers large and showy, 10-35 mm long; NOT [flowers less than 10 mm long]

bullet

calyx 5-lobed; NOT [calyx 4-lobed]

bullet

calyx  green; NOT [calyx violet-tinged]

bullet

corolla usually much longer; NOT [corolla 7-14 mm long]

bullet

corolla not spurred at the base

bullet

NOT [corolla green, tinged reddish brown to purple]

bullet

anther-bearing stamens 4

bullet

staminodes absent or inconspicuous

 

bullet

Scrophulariaceae: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora  leading to this family. 
bullet

herbs; NOT [shrubs or trees]

bullet

plants green or with some chlorophyll; NOT [plants parasitic or saprophytic, without chlorophyll]

bullet

plants not aquatic

bullet

stems not square

bullet

leaves not bearing bladders

bullet

flowers not in heads or spikes; NOT [flowers in long or short spikes], NOT [flowers in heads or in form resembling a head]

bullet

flowers with two floral rings

bullet

corolla irregular; NOT [corolla regular]

bullet

petals wholly or partly united forming a tube or bell]

bullet

ovary superior; NOT [ovary inferior]

bullet

fruit a many-seeded capsule; NOT [fruit with 4 nutlets]