Alleghany monkey-flower

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Alleghany monkey-flower leaves

Alleghany monkey-flower habit

Alleghany monkey-flower habit

Alleghany monkey-flower

Alleghany monkey-flower leaves

Alleghany monkey-flower habit

Alleghany monkey-flower flower

Morphology

Stem

Plants glabrous. Stems ascending to erect, simple or branched distally.

Leaves

Opposite, sessile, often somewhat clasping; blade elliptic to narrowly lanceolate or lance-oblong, 1.2 to 6 inches long, .4 to 1.4 inch wide, margins serrate or shallowly crenulate, base broadly angled to rounded, apex acute to acuminate.

Inflorescence

Axillary, flowers usually solitary.

Flower

Bisexual, bilaterally symmetric: calyx tubular, .5 to .8 inch, lobes 5, triangular; corolla blue to violet, tube .8 to 1.4 inch; petals 5, 2-lipped, minutely glandular hairy; upper lip often curved out; lower lip pale yellow near base; stamens 4, 2 longer than the others, fused to middle of corolla tube; pistil 1; style 1; stigma 2-lobed.

Fruit

Fruiting pedicels spreading to ascending, .8 to 2 inches. Capsules ovoid, .3 to .5 inch. Seeds orangish brown, ellipsoid.

Ecology

Habitat

Banks of rivers and streams, marshes.

Distribution

East half of Kansas

Reproduction

None

Practical Information

Toxicity

No Toxicity

Forage Value

None

Uses

None

Additional Notes