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Mimulus primuloides var. primuloides

Mimulus primuloides Benth. var. primuloides

Primrose Monkey-flower, Primrose Monkeyflower, Yellow Creeping Monkey-flower

Scrophulariaceae (Figwort family)

Synonym(s): Mimulus nevadensis, Mimulus pilosellus, Mimulus primuloides ssp. primuloides, Mimulus primuloides var. minimus, Mimulus primuloides var. pilosellus

USDA Symbol: MIPRP2

USDA Native Status: L48 (N)

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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Fruit Type: Capsule
Size Notes: Up to about 8 inches tall.

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: Red , Yellow , Brown
Bloom Time: Mar , Apr , May , Jun , Jul , Aug
Bloom Notes: Yellow, with red or brown spots.

Distribution

USA: AZ , CA , ID , MT , NM , NV , OR , UT , WA
Native Habitat: Wet meadows, seeps, streamsides.

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 primuloides var. primuloides in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Mimulus primuloides var. primuloides in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Mimulus primuloides var. primuloides

Metadata

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

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