- Mimulus tilingii
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Mimulus tilingii 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Phrymaceae Genus: Mimulus Species: M. tilingii Binomial name Mimulus tilingii
RegelMimulus tilingii is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name Tiling's monkeyflower.
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Distribution
It is native to much of western North America, from Alaska to California to New Mexico to Montana. It grows in moist and wet habitats, such as streambanks and mountain meadows, and is generally found at high elevation.
Mimulus tilingii is a mat-forming perennial herb found on rocky slopes in the subalpine and alpine zones (Mount Rainier National Park).
Description
Mimulus tilingii is a rhizomatous perennial herb growing 2 to 35 centimeters tall. The oppositely arranged oval leaves may be several centimeters long and some are borne on short petioles. The yellow flower may be over 4 centimeters long, its narrow tubular throat opening into a wide, two-lipped mouth. The base of the flower tube is encapsulated in a calyx of sepals with uneven lobes.
Mimulus tilingii is often nearly impossible to distinguish from its common relative, Mimulus guttatus, as their characteristics can intergrade; one of the most notable differences is the arrangement of the flowers, which are axial in M. tilingii but in a raceme in M. guttatus.[1][2][3]
References
External links
Media related to Mimulus tilingii at Wikimedia Commons- USDA Plants Profile: Mimulus tilingii
- Jepson Manual Treatment - Mimulus tilingii
- Mimulus tilingii - Photo gallery
Categories:- Phrymaceae
- Flora of the Northwestern United States
- Flora of the Southwestern United States
- Flora of Alaska
- Flora of California
- Flora of New Mexico
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada region (U.S.)
- Lamiales stubs
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