West Highland Flora

Monkey Flower


Mimulus guttatus

 

Mimulus guttatus

Photo © Carl Farmer
10 Aug 2002 Broadford, Skye

 

Frequent in ditches and wet ground in lowland areas, usually near habitation.

Height c 40-70 cm.  Flower c 3-4 cm in length

ID: Distinguished from Blood-drop Emlets and its hybrids by: Densely hairy on flower-stalk and calyx-ribs, upper flower-stalks 3 cm or less, flower has lower lip (i.e. lower 3 lobes) much longer than upper lip (i.e upper 2 lobes), flower does not have red blotches on lobes but only small red spots in throat.  Musk (M Moschatus), has much smaller regular-shaped flowers with 5 equal petal-lobes.

Other features: A well naturalised garden escape, from North America.  Leaves opposite, the lower ones stalked.  Stamens 4, style 1.

 

  Mimulus guttatus

Photo © Carl Farmer
10 Aug 2002 Broadford, Skye

 

 

Mimulus guttatus

Photo © Carl Farmer
6 Aug 2003 Dunvegan, Skye


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