Genus: Mimulus — monkey-flower

Recent phylogenetic research has shown that this genus may need to be divided up (Beardsley and Olmstead 2002). If this option is followed, several of our species will no longer be placed in Mimulus.

Family

Phrymaceae (lopseed family)

This genus’s species in New England

• Mimulus alatus
• Mimulus brevipes
• Mimulus guttatus
• Mimulus moschatus
• Mimulus ringens

Visit this genus in the Dichotomous Key

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