Phrymaceae Wildflowershttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/phrymaceae/rss/phrymaceaeA wildflower is a flower that grows in the wild, meaning it was not intentionally seeded or planted. Use this database to help you find and identify Australia's abundant Wildflowers.en-auCopyright 2001 - 2024 I.T. Beyond Pty Ltd1440https://cdn.exploroz.com/exploroz/images/logo.pngExplorOz Logohttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/phrymaceae/rss/phrymaceaeSmall Monkey Flowerhttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/585+small-monkey-flowerhttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/585+small-monkey-flower<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/585+small-monkey-flower"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W585__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Prostrate annual or perennial, forming broad mats, rooting at nodes, sparsely hairy with white non-glandular hairs, sometimes confined to younger parts and calyx rim. Leaves joined by a ridge at nodes, ± obovate to ± elliptic, 2–6 mm long, 1.5–3 mm wide, apex ± acute, base ± narrow-cuneate, margins entire; sessile. Flowers solitary in axils; pedicel 5–25 mm long. Calyx 3–7 mm long; teeth ± equal, c. 1 mm long. Corolla ± rotate; tube 6–15 mm long and gradually dilated above calyx, yellow, with red spots inside the rim white; lobes spreading, ± equal, 4–5 mm long, blue or pink, rarely white. Capsule obovoid, 4–5 mm long. <br /> Family: Phrymaceae &nbsp; Genus: Mimulus &nbsp; Species: prostratus &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Purple<br />Stephen L (Clare) SAWed, 29 Oct 2014 07:39:00 GMT