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Mimulus platycalyx

Mimulus platycalyx Pennell

Bentham�s Monkeyflower, Small Leaved Monkeyflower, Widecalyx Monkey-flower, Widecalyx Monkeyflower

Scrophulariaceae (Figwort family)

Synonym(s):

USDA Symbol: MIPL2

USDA Native Status: L48 (N)

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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Annual
Habit: Herb
Fruit Type: Capsule
Size Notes: Up to about 18 inches tall.

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: Red , Yellow
Bloom Time: Mar , Apr , May , Jun , Jul , Aug

Distribution

USA: CA
Native Habitat: Rock depressions, rocky ridges, cliff faces, roadcuts, wet meadows, seeps, stream banks, drying ponds, ephemeral stream channels, vernal springs over serpentine, roadsides and roadside ditches, dry banks, lava soils, loam, clay, gravel, yellow pine, oak-pine, mixed oak woodlands, oak-chaparral.

Web Reference

Webref 30 - Calflora (2018) Calflora
Webref 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 platycalyx in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Mimulus platycalyx in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Mimulus platycalyx

Metadata

Record Modified: 2020-11-09
Research By: CBR

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