Mimulus ringens var. colpophilus

Fernald

Rhodora 34: 119. 1932.

Common names: Estuary monkeyflower
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 368. Mentioned on page 369.
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Leaves: blade 25–50 mm, internodes 15–25 mm. Fruiting pedicels 10–17 mm. Calyces 8–10 mm, lobes 1.5–2 mm.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat: Freshwater tidal shores, mud flats, meadows, wet places.
Elevation: 0–10 m.

Discussion

Variety colpophilus is restricted to St. Lawrence River estuaries in Quebec and nearby drainages in Maine and Vermont. F. W. Pennell (1935) speculated that the flowers might be cleistogamous; this apparently has not been verified. Tentative evidence supporting the distinction of var. colpophilus was presented by J. L. Stone and B. A. Drummond (2006); most other floristic summaries have treated it as an informal variant of Mimulus ringens.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
acute +  and subulate or aristate +
Guy L. Nesom +
Fernald +
subclasping +  and auriculate-clasping +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
oblanceolate;narrowly oblong or elliptic-lanceolate +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
semifleshy +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
cylindric +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
Estuary monkeyflower +
purplish blue;light blue or pinkish or nearly white +
compressed +
Que. +, Maine +  and Vt. +
0–10 m. +
reflexed;erect +
reduced +
Freshwater tidal shores, mud flats, meadows, wet places. +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
persistent +  and deciduous +
cauline +  and basal +
triangular +
brochidodromous +
bluntly serrate +  and shallowly crenulate +
basal +  and superior +
tenuinucellate +  and unitegmic +
orthotropous +  and anatropous +
shorter or longer +
deciduous +
Flowering Jun–Sep. +
flattened +  and ellipsoid +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
ascending;erect +
4-angled +
40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br /> (130 cm1,300 mm <br />1.3 m <br />) +
Mimulus ringens var. colpophilus +
Mimulus ringens +
variety +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
loculicidal +
terrestrial +  and aquatic +
semiaquatic +  and terrestrial +