Distribution and localisation map
Square-stemmed monkeyflower
Mimulus ringens
Mimule à fleurs entrouvertes
- Identification
- Presentation
- Identification
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Territory:
All the west to Abitibi north, in east into the region of Quebec. Absent from the Saguenay, Côte-Nord, Bas-St-Laurent and Gaspésie.Habitat:
Along the watercourses.Flowering:
In bloom in July and August.Similar:
Hard to confuse with another species.However, there are a variety of Mimulus ringens, the M. ringens var. colpophilus, the Estuary monkeyflower, very rare and almost endemic (exclusive) to Quebec. The Estuary Monkey-flower only frequents the shores of streams with little or no salt and tidal. It is also distinguished by smaller leaves.
