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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial Similar Species: Mimulus eastwoodiae
General Desc:
Large-flowered, robust perennial. Flowers are carried high above the leaves and have an irregular shape. Red flowers of this plant attract hummingbirds.
Identification notes: Stems at least 12 inches tall, erect or growing upward unevenly or curved. Petals scarlet or carmine. Plants do not bear elongated, horizontal stems that creep along the ground (stolons) like similar species M. eastwoodiae.
Height:
1 to 3 feet
Habitat Description: Seeps, springs, along flowing streams and in wet canyons.
Plant Communities:
Riparian
Elevation: 2000 - 8500 feet
Color:
Red to reddish-orange
Shape:
Irregular not in clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Mar - Oct
Description:
Flowers up to 2 inches long, 1 inch wide, solitary, terminal on 2 inch stems in axils of leaves; petals 2-lipped, lower lip deeply lobed and upper lip arched upward; yellow stamens; sepals hairy.
Leaf Color:
Dark green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Round or oval
Leaf Margin:
Toothed
Leaf Attachment:
Opposite
Leaves Clasp:
Y
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Stems to 3 feet tall, reclining on ground with tip ascending, freely branched with sticky, long, soft, shaggy hairs. Leaves inversely egg-shaped to oblong, 3/4 to 3 inches long, attached directly, toothed, upper leaves usually with broad, clasping bases.
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Capsule in persistent and papery bracts, oblong, 3/4 inch long.
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