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This is the only Monkey Flower I've found in all of Deep River County Park. And no, the flower doesn't look anything like a monkey, but supposedly other species of this genus do have flowers resembling a monkey's face, and the name comes from them.
The Wikipedia article states that this flower tends to concentrate salts from the soil in its leaves, so it was sometimes used as a salt substitute in times past, although it's very bitter if not properly cooked.
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