Mimulus rupicola

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

Mimulus rupicola, the Death Valley monkeyflower, is a flowering plant in the family Phrymaceae.

Distribution

Mimulus rupicola is endemic to the northern Mojave Desert within Inyo County, in eastern California.^[1]

Although quite rare, the Death Valley monkeyflower can be found in shaded limestone crevices on steep canyon walls in the mountains bordering Death Valley, and the sky islands in the northern Mojave Desert.

Description

Mimulus rupicola is a perennial herbaceous plant, growing 1-17 cm tall, with oblanceolate leaves 2-6 cm long. It has pinkish flowers, often faint in color, and has a magenta-purple spot on each lobe.

See also

• Death Valley National Park
• Panamint Range
• Flora of the California desert regions
• Endemic flora of California

References

1. ^ California Native Plant Society Rare Plant Profile

• Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Jon Mark Stewart, 1998, pg. 162

External links

• Jepson Flora Project - Mimulus rupicola - Death Valley monkeyflower
• USDA Plants Profile: Mimulus rupicola
• Mimulus rupicola - Death Valley monkeyflower —Photo gallery