How to Identify Phrymaceae

Key Identification Features

• Each flower has bilateral symmetry and is split into two lips: the upper lip usually has two lobes, and the lower lip has three.
• 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.
• The flower throat usually has white, yellow, and dark pink or purple mottling.

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