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Mimulus moschatus

(Musk Monkey-Flower)

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Musk Flower, Musk Monkey-Flower, Musk Monkeyflower, Musk-Flower, Muskflower

Description

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Family Scrophulariaceae

Herbs, sometimes shrubs , rarely trees ; mostly autotrophic, less often hemiparasitic or parasitic. Stipules absent. Leaves alternate, opposite, whorled , or basally opposite and apically alternate, simple or sometimes pinnately dissected . Inflorescences racemes , spikes, or thyrsoid panicles, determinate or indeterminate, or flowers solitary. Flowers perfect , usually zygomorphic, rarely actinomorphic . Calyx often persistent , (2-) 4- or 5-lobed or -parted, variously connate . Corolla sympetalous ; limb (3 or) 4- or 5-lobed, often 2-lipped. Stamens mostly 4, didynamous , sometimes 1 or 2 staminodes present, less often 2 or 5 stamens; anther locules 1 or 2, equal or subequal , free or confluent . Nectary often present at base of ovary, ringlike, cupular, or reduced to a gland . Ovary superior, 2-loculed, rarely apically 1-loculed; ovules numerous , rarely 2 per locule, on axile placentas, anatropous or hemitropous . Style simple; stigma capitate, 2-lobed, or 2-lamellate. Fruit a capsule, septicidal , loculicidal, or septifragal, sometimes opening by pores or irregularly dehiscent , rarely a berry. Seeds minute or rarely conspicuous , sometimes winged ; testa often reticulate ; hilum lateral or ventral; endosperm fleshy or absent; embryo straight or curved .

About 220 genera and 4500 species: cosmopolitan ; 61 genera (seven endemic) and 681 species (415 endemic) throughout China but with a greater concentration in SW China.[1]

Genus Mimulus

Herbs, annual or perennial , erect , diffusely prostrate , or creeping , glabrous or glandular hairy , sometimes viscid . Stems simple or branched, terete or quadrangular and winged . Leaves opposite, margin entire to toothed . Flowers axillary and solitary or in terminal racemes . Bracteoles present or absent. Calyx tubular to campanulate , often inflated in fruit, glabrous to villous , 5-ribbed, with veins sometimes narrowly winged, 5-lobed; lobes short, regular or irregular. Corolla 2-lipped; tube cylindric , longer than calyx, palate with 2 bulging plaits ; lower lip 3-lobed, lobes often spreading flat; upper lip 2-lobed, lobes erect or reflexed . Stamens 4, didynamous , inserted on corolla tube, included . Stigma 2-lamellate. Capsule compressed , loculicidal. Seeds numerous , ovoid to oblong , minute; seed coat smooth or reticulate .

About 150 species: worldwide; five species in China.[2]

Physical Description

Habit: Forb/herb

Flowers: Bloom Period: June, July, August. • Flower Color: yellow

Size/Age/Growth

Size: under 6" tall.

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,018 meters (0 to 9,902 feet).[3]

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Culture: Space 9-12" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 5.6 • Maximum pH: 7.5

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 10b, 11. (map)

Taxonomy

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Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Mimulus Guttatus Moschatus

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Place of publication : Bot. Reg. 13: t. 1118. 1828

Name verified on 19-Jun-2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Mimulus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 511 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

M. 'A.T. Johnson' · M. acaulis · M. acutangulus · M. acutidens (King's River Monkeyflower) · M. alatus (Sharp-Winged Monkeyflower) · M. alatus var. chandleri · M. alectorolophus · M. alpinus · M. alsinoides (Chickweed Monkey-Flower) · M. 'Andean Nymph' · M. andicolus · M. androsaceus (Rock-Jasmine Monkey-Flower) · M. androscaceus · M. angustatus (Narrow-Leaf Pansy Monkey-Flower) · M. angustifolius (Mount Rose Monkeyflower) · M. aquatilis · M. arenarius (Sand-Loving Monkey-Flower) · M. aridus · M. arvensis · M. assamicus · M. atropurpureus · M. aurantiacus · M. aurantiacus aurantiacus · M. aurantiacus Curtis var. puniceus (Steud.) Gray · M. aurantiacus hybrid · M. aurantiacus 'Pure Gold' · M. aurantiacus 'Tangerine' · M. aurantiacus var. aridus · M. aurantiacus var. aurantiacus · M. aurantiacus var. grandiflorus · M. aurantiacus var. parviflorus · M. aurantiacus var. pubescens · M. aurantiacus var. puniceus · M. austinae · M. 'Aztec Trumpet' · M. barbatus (Bearded Monkeyflower) · M. bartonianus (Monkeyflower) · M. 'Bees' Scarlet' · M. bhutanicus · M. bicolor (Yellow-And-White Monkey-Flower) · M. bifidus · M. bifidus bifidus · M. bifidus fasciculatus · M. bifidus 'Tapestry' · M. bifidus 'Tawny' · M. bifidus 'Trish' · M. bifidus 'Verity Buff' · M. bifidus Verity hybrids · M. bifidus 'Verity Purple' · M. bifidus 'Verity Rose' · M. bifidus 'Wine' · M. biflorus (Bush Monkeyflower) · M. bigelovii (Yellow-Throat Monkey-Flower) · M. bigelovii (Gray) Gray var. bigelovii (Gray) Gray (Bigelow's Monkeyflower) · M. bigelovii (Gray) Gray var. panamintensis Munz (Panamint Monkeyflower) · M. bigelovii var. bigelovii (Bigelow's Monkeyflower) · M. bigelovii var. panamintensis (Panamint Monkeyflower) · M. bioletti · M. biolettii (Hetch Hetchy Monkeyflower) · M. bodinieri · M. bolanderi (Wide-Throat Yellow Monkey-Flower) · M. boydii · M. brachiatus (Serpentine Monkeyflower) · M. bracteosus · M. brandegeei (Santa Cruz Island Monkeyflower) · M. brandegei · M. breviflorus (Short-Flower Monkey-Flower) · M. brevipes (Widethroat Yellow Monkeyflower) · M. breweri (Brewer's Monkey-Flower) · M. bridgesii · M. bridgesii var. integrifolius · M. bridgesii var. stoloniformis · M. 'Burgess' · M. caespitosus · M. calciphilus · M. californicus · M. 'Calypso' · M. 'Calypso Mix' (Hybrid Monkey Flower) · M. Calypso Series · M. cardinalis (Scarlet Monkey Flower) · M. cardinalis 'Dark Throat' · M. cardinalis 'Red Dragon' (Scarlet Monkey Flower) · M. 'Caribbean Cream' · M. cleavelandii · M. cleistogamus (Cleistogamous Monkey-Flower) · M. clementii · M. clementinus · M. clevelandi · M. clivicola (North Idaho Monkeyflower) · M. coccineus (Sierra Monkey-Flower) · M. colensoi · M. congdoni · M. congdonii (Congdon's Monkey-Flower) · M. constrictus · M. constrictus constrictus · M. corallinus · M. cordatus · M. crinitus · M. crista-galli · M. cupreus

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 11, 2007:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. Deyuan Hong, Hanbi Yang, Cun-li Jin, Manfred A. Fischer, Noel H. Holmgren & Robert R. Mill "Scrophulariaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 18 Page 1. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
  2. "Mimulus". in Flora of China Vol. 18 Page 40. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
  3. Mean = 394.660 meters (1,294.816 feet), Standard Deviation = 529.390 based on 1,945 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 7/1/2009