How to Identify Phrymaceae

Key Identification Features

• The flower corolla is not distinctly split into upper and lower lips, but has five rounded, notched lobes.
• The corolla is pink, with a deeper pink to purple throat, and a distinct yellow spot on the raised folds of the lower lobes.
• It measures 1 to 3 centimeters long, is pink in color, and usually has white blotches in its throat.
• Its flowers grow singly, and the species has two distinct color morphs: one morph produces fully yellow flowers, while the bicolor morph has one lip in a dark maroon-purple shade.

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