Family:
Scrophulariaceae
Common Name(s):
Monkey flower
Flowering Time:
Late June to early September
Fruit/Seed Maturation Sign:
Seeds turn rusty orange in dark brown capsule
Fruit/Seed Collection Dates:
Early October
Seed Cleaning:
Roll/press hypanthium through a fine screen to release seeds
Storage:
Dry
Restoration Potential:
Low
Notes
Restricted to moist alluvial woods and other wet places (Eilers and Roosa 1994).
No germination in a greenhouse trial after seeds cold stratified for 60 days (Mabry and Mottle, personal observation).
Rhizomes stoloniferous (rooting at nodes) (Fernald 1950); often forming dense mats of stolons and rhizomes (Runkel and Bull 2009).
