''Thyridia repens'', with common names creeping monkeyflower, Native musk, Maori musk, and native monkey flower, is a

herbaceous Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground. This broad category of plants includes many perennials, and nearly all annuals and biennials. Definitions of "herb" and "herbaceous" The fourth edition ...

succulent plant native to New Zealand and Australia that grows as low mats. Its flowers are light purple or white. It is the only species in the genus ''Thyridia''.

Taxonomy

''Thyridia'' is one of several genera that have been separated from an earlier concept of ''

Mimulus Mimulus is a plant genus in the family Phrymaceae, which was traditionally placed in family Scrophulariaceae. The genus now contains only seven species, two native to eastern North America and the other five native to Asia, Australia, Africa, ...

'' as a large genus within family Phrymaceae.

References

{{Taxonbar, from1=Q17746330, from2=Q65943627, from3=Q21441378 Phrymaceae Flora of Australia Flora of New Zealand Taxa named by William Robert Barker