Mimulus glabratus
(Round-leaf Monkeyflower)
Mimulus glabratus, Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Gillespie Co. 5251
Mimulus glabratus, Inks Lake State Park, Burnet Co. 2385
Mimulus glabratus, Inks Lake State Park, Burnet Co. 2389
Mimulus glabratus, Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Gillespie Co. 5243
Mimulus glabratus, Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Gillespie Co. 5247
Mimulus glabratus, Inks Lake State Park, Burnet Co. 2396
Mimulus glabratus, Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Gillespie Co. 5253
Mimulus glabratus, Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Gillespie Co. 5260
| Scientific Name | Mimulus glabratus (Erythranthe glabrata) | USDA PLANTS Symbol | MIGL |
| Common Name | Round-leaf Monkeyflower | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 33316 |
| Family | Phrymaceae (Lopseed) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Moist to muddy soils, often submerged and along streams. Plant: Perennial, often mat–forming and procumbent with ascending to erect, smooth, or nearly so, flowering shoots 6 to 25 inches tall; rooting at nodes. Leaves: Opposite leaves at nodes separated along shoots up to 3-1/2 inches; lower leaves short-petiolate becoming sessile above; oblong to orbicular blades 3/8 to 1-1/4 inches long with dentate to entire margins. Inflorescence: Solitary yellow flowers in upper leaf axils on pedicels 3/8 to 1-5/8 inches long; two-lipped corolla with two upper lobes and three lower; corolla 1/3 to 1/2 inch long, bright yellow, sometimes with reddish-brown dots; throated heavily bearded; 4 stamens (2 long and 2 short) and 2 stigmas; calyx bell-shaped with 5 unequal, rounded lobes. Bloom Period: April and May. References: Vascular Plants of Williamson County by A.C. Gibson, SEINet and Shinners & Mahler’s Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas. |
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Texas Status: Native |
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