Mimulus cusickii

Mimulus cusickii
Mimulus cusickii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Phrymaceae
Genus: Mimulus
Species: M. cusickii
Binomial name
Mimulus cusickii
(Greene) Rattan

Mimulus cusickii is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name Cusick's monkeyflower. It is native to the western United States, where it can be found in parts of the Pacific Northwest and Great Basin. It grows in moist spots in bare and scrubby habitat, rocky slopes and plateau.

Description

This is a hairy annual herb producing an erect stem up to about 24 centimeters tall. The pointed oval leaves are up to about 4.5 centimeters long, the herbage green to reddish in color. The tubular base of the flower corolla is encapsulated in a hairy calyx of sepals with unequal pointed lobes at its mouth. The corolla is 2 to 3 centimeters long and pink in color with yellow blotches in the throat.

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  • Mimulus cusickii — ID 53864 Symbol Key MICU2 Common Name Cusick s monkeyflower Family Scrophulariaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution CA, ID, NV, OR, WA Growth Habit Forb/herb …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Mimulus cusickii (Greene) Rattan — Symbol MICU2 Common Name Cusick s monkeyflower Botanical Family Scrophulariaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Mimulus cusickii (Greene) Rattan — Symbol MICU2 Common Name Cusick s monkeyflower Botanical Family Scrophulariaceae …   Scientific plant list

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