- Mimulus rubellus
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Mimulus rubellus 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Phrymaceae Genus: Mimulus Species: M. rubellus Binomial name Mimulus rubellus
A.GrayMimulus rubellus is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name little redstem monkeyflower.
Distribution
It is native to western North America, including the southwestern United States to Wyoming and Texas, and into Baja California.
Description
Mimulus rubellus is an annual herb growing 2 to 32 centimeters tall with a very slender, red stem. The oppositely arranged oval leaves are up to 3 centimeters long and lance-shaped to oval, the lower ones borne on short petioles. The herbage is usually lightly hairy and green to reddish in color.
The petite tubular flower is no more than a centimeter long, the base of its tube encapsulated in a narrow, ribbed calyx of sepals. The flower may be yellow or pink in color and the mouth of the flower is usually dotted with red or purple.
External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment - Mimulus rubellus
- USDA Plants Profile: Mimulus rubellus
- Mimulus rubellus - Photo gallery
Categories:- Phrymaceae
- Flora of the Southwestern United States
- Flora of New Mexico
- Flora of the Great Basin desert region
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Lamiales stubs
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