Mimulus floribundus
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Mimulus floribundus is a species of monkeyflower
known by the common name many-flowered monkeyflower. It is native to western North America from western Canada to California
and northern Mexico, to the Rocky Mountains
. It grows in many types of habitat, especially moist areas.
s with pointed lobes. The corolla of the flower is yellow and up to 1.5 centimeters long.
Mimulus
Mimulus is a diverse plant genus, the monkey-flowers and musk-flowers. The about 150 species are currently placed in the family Phrymaceae. The genus has traditionally been placed in Scrophulariaceae. The removal of Mimulus from that family has been supported by studies of chloroplast DNA first...
known by the common name many-flowered monkeyflower. It is native to western North America from western Canada to California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
and northern Mexico, to the Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountains
The Rocky Mountains are a major mountain range in western North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch more than from the northernmost part of British Columbia, in western Canada, to New Mexico, in the southwestern United States...
. It grows in many types of habitat, especially moist areas.
Description
This plant is variable in morphology, taking several forms. In general it is an annual herb with a thin stem 3 to 50 centimeters long, growing upright or decumbent. In texture it is hairy and sometimes slimy. The oppositely arranged leaves vary in size and shape. The tubular base of the flower is encapsulated in a hairy calyx of sepalSepal
A sepal is a part of the flower of angiosperms . Collectively the sepals form the calyx, which is the outermost whorl of parts that form a flower. Usually green, sepals have the typical function of protecting the petals when the flower is in bud...
s with pointed lobes. The corolla of the flower is yellow and up to 1.5 centimeters long.