Mimulus jepsonii

Mimulus jepsonii
Mimulus jepsonii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Phrymaceae
Genus: Mimulus
Species: M. jepsonii
Binomial name
Mimulus jepsonii
A.L.Grant

Mimulus jepsonii is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name Jepson's monkeyflower. It is native to the mountains and woodlands of northern California and southern Oregon, where it often grows in the shade of pine trees.

Description

This is an annual herb producing a thin, erect stem up to about 10 centimeters long. The purple-green leaves are linear to oval in shape and up to 1.4 centimeters in length. The pinkish purple flower is around a centimeter long, its five-lobed mouth with broad yellow strips and purple spotting.

This plant is sometimes nearly identical to its relative, Mimulus nanus, and can be differentiated from it only by close examination of characteristics such as the arrangement of hairs inside the mouth of the flower.[1]

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  • Mimulus jepsonii — ID 53992 Symbol Key MIJE Common Name Jepson s monkeyflower Family Scrophulariaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution CA, OR Growth Habit Forb/herb D …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Mimulus jepsonii A.L. Grant — Symbol MIJE Common Name Jepson s monkeyflower Botanical Family Scrophulariaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Mimulus — is also an OpenWetWare community for the Mimulus biology. Monkey flower and variants redirect here. The term is also used for Common Toadflax and other snapdragon like Lamiales. For the crab genus, see Mimulus (crab). Mimulus …   Wikipedia

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