Creeping Monkey-flower
Mimulus repens
Prostrate creeping herb that can occasionally be aquatic. Small broad oval leaves in pairs. Two-lipped blue, purple or pink flower with an upright yellow or white tube (sometimes with red spots), with a prominent yellow raised tongue at the base.
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| Flora Type | Herbs |
| Distinctive Features | Roots at nodes forming mats of small paired fleshy stalkless leaves. Mauve flower resembling a monkey face is very distinctive. |
| Biology | Annual or perennial. Margins of lakes, swamps rivers, grassy wetlands, and temporarily damp places. Can tolerate salty soils, often in saltmarsh. |
| Native Status | Native |
| Flowering Time | Sep-Apr |