Seep Monkey Flower
Mimulus guttatus
(M. nasutus)
Photographed at Mesquite Wash, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA. April 2008.
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FLOWERS: Yellow, two-lipped flowers. The green calyx below the corolla
is asymetrical - some teeth are much larger than others - also, the calyx
expands as fruit matures.
ANNUAL: Along riparian stretches that remain damp this succulent,
herbaceous plant may develop perennial rizomes below soil. Robust plants can be
a meter tall and a meter wide.
LEAVES: Leaves are mostly orbicular but can be quite small or large from
population to population, or depending on moisture availability. Leaf margins
usually with small or large rounded teeth. Leaves are fed upon by the
caterpillars of
Buckeye butterflies.
RANGE: Sycamore canyons and creeks in Arizona are subject to floods
which leave lots of moist sand behind. Seep Monkey Flower is frequent along
vitually every sycamore-lined riparian habitat in Arizona.
FRUIT: Dry capsules with many seeds.
UNARMED.
Scrophulariaceae -- Figwort Family
More Information:
- Jepson Manual
- Firefly Forest - Tucson
- USDA Plant Profile
- ITIS Taxonomic Report
- Google Images
- Google Scholar Literature Search