Wildflowers Identified: Square-Stemmed Monkey-Flower
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Square-Stemmed Monkey-Flower has these characteristics:
- 5 petals
- tubular petals
- irregular petals: lipped, lopsided, not symmetrical
- several flowers on stem
- 5/8 to 1 inch flower width
- pink to red flower color
- blue to purple flower color
- blooms in June
- blooms in July
- blooms in August
- blooms in September or later
- plant height one foot to two feet
- plant height two feet or more
- leaf petiole absent (has no leafstalk)
- opposite one another leaf arrangement on the stem
- leaf edge has at least 4 teeth per inch
- branched leaf veins
- simple leaves about 1 1/2 to 5 times as long as wide
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Eric Haines,
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