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Mimulus evanescens
Mimulus evanescens R.J. Meinke
Disappearing Monkey-flower, Disappearing Monkeyflower, Ephemeral Monkeyflower
Scrophulariaceae (Figwort family)
Synonym(s):
USDA Symbol: MIEV
USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Plant Characteristics
Duration: AnnualHabit: Herb
Fruit Type: Capsule
Size Notes: Up to about 10 inches tall.
Bloom Information
Bloom Color: Red , YellowBloom Time: May , Jun , Jul , Aug
Bloom Notes: Sometimes with red spots.
Distribution
USA: CA , ID , ORNative Habitat: Drying edges, banks and beds of summer-dry watercourses, near drying edges of small lakes or impoundments, often among rocks and shoreline detritus, occasionally in moist protected areas beneath low shrubs.
Web Reference
Webref 30 - Calflora (2018) CalfloraWebref 38 - Flora of North America (2019) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Webref 23 - Southwest Environmental Information Network (2009) SEINet - Arizona Chapter
Additional resources
USDA: Find Mimulus evanescens in USDA PlantsFNA: Find Mimulus evanescens in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Mimulus evanescens
Metadata
Record Modified: 2020-11-09Research By: CBR