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Mimulus purpureus

Mimulus purpureus A.L. Grant

Little Purple Monkey-flower, Little Purple Monkeyflower, Purple Monkeyflower

Scrophulariaceae (Figwort family)

Synonym(s):

USDA Symbol: MIPU4

USDA Native Status: L48 (N)

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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Annual
Habit: Herb
Fruit Type: Capsule
Size Notes: Up to about 4 inches tall.

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: White , Pink , Yellow , Purple
Bloom Time: May , Jun

Distribution

USA: CA
Native Habitat: Moist openings along streams, swales and depressions, pine duff in yellow pine forests, margins of dry meadows.

National Wetland Indicator Status

Region:	AGCP	AK	AW	CB	EMP	GP	HI	MW	NCNE	WMVE
Status:			FACU

This information is derived from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Wetland Plant List, Version 3.1 (Lichvar, R.W. 2013. The National Wetland Plant List: 2013 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2013-49: 1-241). Click here for map of regions.

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

Metadata

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

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