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Mimulus ringens
Also called Allegheny Monkey Flower, Blue Monkeyflower, Square Stemmed Monkeyflower, Estuary Monkeyflower
Allegheny monkeyflower is a rhizomatous perennial native to eastern and central North America, grown in moist to wet soil. Keep its roots damp and give it sun to part shade for good flowering.
Mimulus ringens is a species of monkeyflower known by the common names Allegheny monkeyflower and square-stemmed monkeyflower.
It is native to eastern and central North America and has been introduced to the Pacific Northwest. It grows in a wide variety of moist to wet habitat types. Seeds are available from commercial suppliers.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mimulus ringens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
