monkey flower

monkey flower
any of various plants belonging to the genus Mimulus, of the figwort family, as M. cardinalis (scarlet monkey flower), having spotted flowers that resemble a face.
[1780-90]

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▪ plant
      any of the herbaceous or, rarely, shrubby plants of the genus Mimulus (family Phrymaceae, order Lamiales). The approximately 100 species are distributed worldwide but are particularly common in western North America.

      The plants have opposite, undivided leaves and solitary flowers with a two-lipped open corolla (fused petals). The herbaceous species typically grow most abundantly in wet areas, usually near running water.

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