Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Lamiales Bromhead
Family
Phrymaceae
Genus
Thyridia W.R.Barker & Beardsley
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Thyridia repens (R.Br.) W.R.Barker & Beardsley, 2012-39: 20 (2012)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Mimulus repens R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 439 (1810)
  • = Mimulus colensoi Kirk, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 3: 179 (1870 [1871]) – as Colensoi
 Description

Glabrous, mat-forming herb; stems usually prostrate, rarely erect, succulent, rooting at nodes. Lvs sessile, amplexicaul, usually 2–7 × 1–5 mm, ± broadly ovate-oblong, entire, punctate, ± succulent. Fls on short ascending branches, solitary in lf axils; pedicels 2–3–(7) mm long. Calyx (2)–3.5–6 mm long, < corolla tube, broad-funnelform; apex truncate, minutely toothed. Corolla 10–15 mm long, moderately 2-lipped, light purple, sometimes appearing bleached, red-spotted, with yellow open throat; lower lip bearded; lobes shallow, broader than long. Capsule 6.5 mm long, broadly cylindric.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4. as Mimulus repens R.Br.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
 Phenology

Flowering: Oct.–Mar.

 Bibliography
Barker, W.R.; Nesom, G.L.; Beardsley, P.M.; Fraga, N.S. 2012: A taxonomic conspectus of Phrymaceae: A narrowed circumscriptions for Mimulus, new and resurrected genera, and new names and combinations. Phytoneuron 2012-39: 1–60.
Brown, R. 1810: Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen. Johnson, London.
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Hitchmough, R.; Townsend, A.J. 2009: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand (2008 revision). New Zealand Journal of Botany 47: 61–96. [as Mimulus repens R.Br.] [Naturally uncommon]
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Heenan, P.B.; Courtney, S.P.; Molloy, B.P.J.; Ogle, C.C.; Rance, B.D. 2004: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 42(1): 45–76. [as Mimulus repens R.Br.]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Naturally Uncommon]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [as Mimulus repens R.Br.] [Naturally Uncommon]
Kirk, T. 1871 ("1870"): Descriptions of New Plants. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 3: 177–180.