Mimulus purpureus

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

Mimulus purpureus is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name little purple monkeyflower.

Distribution

It is native to California, where it is known from only about 20 occurrences in the San Bernardino Mountains; it is also known from Baja California. It grows in moist habitat in mountain meadows, including the quartz pebble plain habitat type near Big Bear Lake.

Description

Mimulus purpureus is a petite annual herb growing just a few centimeters tall. The oppositely arranged oval leaves are under 2 centimeters long each. Each flower is borne on a very thin, erect pedicel which may be several centimeters tall. The tubular base of the flower is encapsulated in a reddish ribbed calyx of sepals with tiny pointed lobes. The flower is roughly a centimeter long with a wide mouth divided into an upper and lower lip. The flower is pink, the upper lip usually a darker shade than the lower, and there are yellow stripes or streaks in the mouth.

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  • Mimulus purpureus var. pauxillus — ID 54065 Symbol Key MIPUP5 Common Name little purple monkeyflower Family Scrophulariaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution CA Growth Habit Forb/herb …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Mimulus purpureus A.L. Grant var. purpureus — Symbol MIPUP6 Common Name little purple monkeyflower Botanical Family Scrophulariaceae …   Scientific plant list

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  • Mimulus purpureus A.L. Grant var. pauxillus A.L. Grant — Symbol MIPUP5 Common Name little purple monkeyflower Botanical Family Scrophulariaceae …   Scientific plant list

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  • Iridomyrmex — Taxobox name = Iridomyrmex image caption = Meat ant ( I. purpureus ) regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Hymenoptera familia = Formicidae subfamilia = Dolichoderinae genus = Iridomyrmex genus authority = Mayr, 1862… …   Wikipedia

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