Thyridia repens

Thyridia repens, with common names creeping monkeyflower,^[2] Native musk, Maori musk, and native monkey flower, is a herbaceous succulent plant native to New Zealand and Australia that grows as low mats.^[3] Its flowers are light purple or white.^[3] It is the only species in the genus Thyridia.^[1]

Thyridia repens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Phrymaceae
Genus:	Thyridia W.R.Barker & Beardsley
Species:	T. repens
Binomial name
Thyridia repens (R.Br.) W.R.Barker & Beardsley
Synonyms[1]
Mimulus colensoi Kirk Mimulus repens R.Br.

Thyridia repens with purple flower at the southern end of Kaitorete Spit.

Taxonomy

Thyridia is one of several genera that have been separated from an earlier concept of Mimulus as a large genus within family Phrymaceae.^[4]