Mimulus exiguus

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

Mimulus exiguus is a rare species of monkeyflower known by the common name San Bernardino Mountains monkeyflower.

Distribution

It is native to the San Bernardino Mountains of southern California as well as an area of Baja California. It grows in moist, rocky habitat, including the rare quartz pebble plain habitat of the mountain meadows near Big Bear, California.

Description

Mimulus exiguus is a petite annual herb producing a hair-thin, erect stem just a few centimeters tall. The herbage is reddish in color and lightly hairy. The oppositely arranged oval leaves are a few millimeters in length. The tubular lavender flower is under 4 millimeters long and the corolla is divided into five lobes.

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment - Mimulus exiguus
• USDA Plants Profile: Mimulus exiguus
• Mimulus exiguus - Photo gallery