[Mimulus dentatus var. gracilis A. Gray, moreMimulus macranthus Pennell, Mimulus moniliformis Greene, Mimulus moschatus Douglas ex Lindl., Mimulus moschatus var. longiflorus A. Gray, Mimulus moschatus var. moniliformis (Greene) Munz, Mimulus moschatus var. moschatus]
Villous and viscid, musk-scented; stems creeping at base, with ascending tips, 2-4 dm; lvs thin, petioled, ovate or lance-ovate, 3-6 cm, entire or remotely dentate, rounded or subcordate at base, pinnately veined; pedicels filiform, 1-2 cm; cal 8-11 mm, the throat oblique, the lobes about equal, narrowly triangular, 3-4.5 mm; cor yellow, open in the throat, 17-22 mm; 2n=32. Cool wet soil, especially along brooks and springs; Nf. and Que. to Mich., s. through N.Y. to W.Va., and widespread in the w. cordillera, sometimes escaped from cult. elsewhere in our range. July, Aug.
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.