Mimulus viscidus

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

Mimulus viscidus is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name sticky monkeyflower.

Distribution

Mimulus viscidus is endemic to the western Sierra Nevada foothills of California, where it grows in bare and disturbed habitat, such as areas recently cleared by wildfire.

Description

Mimulus viscidus is a hairy annual herb growing 2 to 37 centimeters tall. The oval or oblong leaves reach up to 4.5 centimeters long. The tubular base of the flower is encapsulated in a swollen, ribbed calyx of hairy sepals with pointed lobes.

The flower corolla is one to two centimeters long and lavender to magenta in color, with yellow stripes and darker spotting inside the hairy mouth.

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  • Mimulus viscidus — ID 54114 Symbol Key MIVI2 Common Name sticky monkeyflower Family Scrophulariaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution CA Growth Habit Forb/herb Durati …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Mimulus viscidus ssp. viscidus — ID 54118 Symbol Key MIVIV Common Name sticky monkeyflower Family Scrophulariaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution CA Growth Habit Forb/herb Durati …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Mimulus viscidus ssp. constrictus — ID 54115 Symbol Key MIVIC Common Name sticky monkeyflower Family Scrophulariaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution CA Growth Habit Forb/herb Durati …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Mimulus viscidus Congd. ssp. viscidus — Symbol MIVIV Common Name sticky monkeyflower Botanical Family Scrophulariaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Mimulus viscidus Congd. — Symbol MIVI2 Common Name sticky monkeyflower Botanical Family Scrophulariaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Mimulus viscidus Congd. ssp. constrictus (A.L. Grant) Munz — Symbol MIVIC Common Name sticky monkeyflower Botanical Family Scrophulariaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Mimulus viscidus Congd. ssp. constrictus (A.L. Grant) Munz — Symbol MIVIC Common Name sticky monkeyflower Botanical Family Scrophulariaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Mimulus — is also an OpenWetWare community for the Mimulus biology. Monkey flower and variants redirect here. The term is also used for Common Toadflax and other snapdragon like Lamiales. For the crab genus, see Mimulus (crab). Mimulus …   Wikipedia

  • Mimulus — Mi …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Mimulus fremontii (Benth.) A. Gray var. viscidus (Congd.) Jeps. — Symbol MIVIV Synonym Symbol MIFRV Botanical Family Scrophulariaceae …   Scientific plant list

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