- Mimulus nanus
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Mimulus nanus Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Phrymaceae Genus: Mimulus Species: M. nanus Binomial name Mimulus nanus
Hook. & Arn.Mimulus nanus is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name dwarf purple monkeyflower. It is native to the western United States from California to Montana, where it grows in moist habitat, often in bare or disturbed soils. It is a hairy annual herb growing at ground level or erect to 10 centimeters tall. The oppositely arranged purple-green leaves are oval or oblong and up to 2.5 centimeters long. The tubular, wide-faced flower is usually magenta or purple with two yellow stripes in the mouth, but is occasionally all yellow. The flower is up to 2 centimeters long.
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Categories:- Phrymaceae
- Flora of California chaparral and woodlands
- Lamiales stubs
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