- Mimulus breviflorus
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Mimulus breviflorus Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Phrymaceae Genus: Mimulus Species: M. breviflorus Binomial name Mimulus breviflorus
PiperMimulus breviflorus is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name shortflower monkeyflower. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Wyoming to the Modoc Plateau and northern Sierra Nevada in California. It grows in moist areas in several types of habitat.
Description
Mimulus breviflorus is a lightly hairy annual herb producing a thin, erect stem up to 17 centimeters tall. The paired leaves have oval-shaped blades borne on petioles, each with a total length under 3 centimeters. The tiny tubular yellow flower is a few millimeters long. Its corolla is divided into five lobes at the mouth.
External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment - Mimulus breviflorus
- USDA Plants Profile: Mimulus breviflorus
- Mimulus breviflorus - Photo gallery
Categories:- Phrymaceae
- Flora of California
- Flora of Oregon
- Flora of the Northwestern United States
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada region (U.S.)
- Plants described in 1901
- Lamiales stubs
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