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Mimulus guttatus

(Common Large Monkeyflower)

Overview

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Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Common Large Monkeyflower, Common Monkey Flower, Common Monkey-Flower, Common Monkeyflower, Common Yellow Monkeyflower, Monkey Flower Mimulus Guttatus, Seep Monkeyflower, Spotted Monkey Flower, Yellow Monkey Flower

Description

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Genus Mimulus

Herbs, annual or perennial , erect , diffusely prostrate , or creeping , glabrous or glandular hairy , sometimes viscid . Stems simple or branched, terete or quadrangular and winged . Leaves opposite, margin entire to toothed . Flowers axillary and solitary or in terminal racemes . Bracteoles present or absent. Calyx tubular to campanulate , often inflated in fruit, glabrous to villous , 5-ribbed, with veins sometimes narrowly winged, 5-lobed; lobes short, regular or irregular. Corolla 2-lipped; tube cylindric , longer than calyx, palate with 2 bulging plaits ; lower lip 3-lobed, lobes often spreading flat; upper lip 2-lobed, lobes erect or reflexed . Stamens 4, didynamous , inserted on corolla tube, included . Stigma 2-lamellate. Capsule compressed , loculicidal. Seeds numerous , ovoid to oblong , minute; seed coat smooth or reticulate .

About 150 species: worldwide; five species in China.[1]

Physical Description

Habit: Forb/herb

Flowers: Bloom Period: March, April, May, June. • Flower Color: gold, yellow-orange

Size/Age/Growth

Size: 6-12" tall.

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,632 meters (0 to 11,916 feet).[2]

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Annual , Perennial

Growth

Culture: Space 24-36" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 5.6 • Maximum pH: 7.5

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b. (map)

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Mimulus arvensis Greene • Mimulus bakeri Gandog. • Mimulus brachystylis Edwin • Mimulus clementinus Greene • Mimulus cordatus Greene • Mimulus cuspidata Greene • Mimulus decorus (A. L. Grant) Suksdorf • Mimulus equinnus Greene • Mimulus glabratus var. ascendens Gray • Mimulus glareosus Greene • Mimulus grandiflorus J. T. Howell • Mimulus grandis (Greene) Heller • Mimulus guttatus arenicola Pennell • Mimulus guttatus arvensis (Greene) Munz • Mimulus guttatus haidensis Calder and Taylor • Mimulus guttatus litoralis Pennell • Mimulus guttatus micranthus (Heller) Munz • Mimulus guttatus scouleri (Hook.) Pennell • Mimulus guttatus var. arvensis (Greene) A. L. Grant • Mimulus guttatus var. decorus A. L. Grant • Mimulus guttatus var. depauperatus (Gray) A. L. Grant • Mimulus guttatus var. gracilis (Gray) Campbell • Mimulus guttatus var. grandis Greene • Mimulus guttatus var. hallii (Greene) A. L. Grant • Mimulus guttatus var. insignis Greene • Mimulus guttatus var. laxus (Pennell Ex M. E. Peck) M. E. Peck • Mimulus guttatus var. lyratus (Benth.) Pennell Ex M. E. Peck • Mimulus guttatus var. microphyllus (Benth.) Pennell Ex M. E. Peck • Mimulus guttatus var. nasutus (Greene) Jepson • Mimulus guttatus var. puberulus (Greene Ex Rydb.) A. L. Grant • Mimulus hallii Greene • Mimulus hirsutus J. T. Howell • Mimulus Langsdorfi • Mimulus langsdorfii Donn Ex Greene • Mimulus langsdorfii var. argutus Greene • Mimulus langsdorfii var. arvensis (Greene) Jepson • Mimulus langsdorfii var. californicus Jepson • Mimulus langsdorfii var. grandis (Greene) Greene • Mimulus langsdorfii var. guttatus (Fisch. Ex Dc.) Jepson • Mimulus langsdorfii var. insignis (Greene) A. L. Grant • Mimulus langsdorfii var. microphyllus (Benth.) A. Nels. and J. F. Macbr. • Mimulus langsdorfii var. minimus Henry • Mimulus langsdorfii var. nasutus (Greene) Jepson • Mimulus langsdorfii var. platyphyllus Greene • Mimulus laxus Pennell Ex M. E. Peck • Mimulus longulus Greene • Mimulus luteus var. depauperatus Gray • Mimulus luteus var. gracilis Gray • Mimulus lyratus Benth. • Mimulus maguirei Pennell • Mimulus marmoratus Greene • Mimulus micranthus Heller • Mimulus microphyllus Benth. • Mimulus nasutus Greene • Mimulus nasutus var. micranthus (Heller) A. L. Grant • Mimulus paniculatus Greene • Mimulus pardalis Pennell • Mimulus parishii Gandog. • Mimulus petiolaris Greene • Mimulus prionophyllus Greene • Mimulus procerus Greene • Mimulus puberulus Greene Ex Rydb. • Mimulus puncticalyx Gandog. • Mimulus rivularis Nutt. • Mimulus scouleri Hook. • Mimulus subreniformis Greene • Mimulus tenellus Nutt. Ex Gray • Mimulus thermalis A. Nels. • Mimulus unimaculatus Pennell

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Mimulus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 139 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

M. acutidens (King's River Monkeyflower) · M. alatus (Sharp-Wing Monkeyflower) · M. alsinoides (Baby Monkey-Flower) · M. androsaceus (Rock-Jasmine Monkey-Flower) · M. angustatus (Narrow-Leaf Pansy Monkey-Flower) · M. angustifolius (Mount Rose Monkeyflower) · M. arenarius (Sand-Loving Monkey-Flower) · M. barbatus (Bearded Monkeyflower) · M. bartonianus (Monkeyflower) · M. bicolor (Yellow and White Monkeyflower) · M. biflorus (Bush Monkeyflower) · M. bigelovii (Bigelow Monkey Flower) · M. bigelovii (Gray) Gray var. bigelovii (Gray) Gray (Bigelow Monkey-Flower) · M. bigelovii (Gray) Gray var. panamintensis Munz (Panamint Monkeyflower) · M. bigelovii var. bigelovii (Bigelow's Monkeyflower) · M. bigelovii var. panamintensis (Panamint Monkeyflower) · M. biolettii (Hetch Hetchy Monkeyflower) · M. bolanderi (Bolander Monkeyflower) · M. brachiatus (Serpentine Monkeyflower) · M. brandegeei (Santa Cruz Island Monkeyflower) · M. breviflorus (Short-Flower Monkey-Flower) · M. brevipes (Widethroat Yellow Monkeyflower) · M. breweri (Brewer's Monkey-Flower) · M. cardinalis (Scarlet Monkey Flower) · M. cardinalis 'Red Dragon' (Scarlet Monkey Flower) · M. cleistogamus (Cleistogamous Monkey-Flower) · M. clivicola (Hill Monkey-Flower) · M. coccineus (Red Monkeyflower) · M. congdonii (Congdon's Monkey-Flower) · M. cupriphilus (Mcnulty Mine Monkeyflower) · M. cusickii (Cusick Monkeyflower) · M. densus (Yellow and Purple Monkeyflower) · M. dentatus (Coastal Monkeyflower) · M. dentilobus (Sharpwing Monkeyflower) · M. diffusus (Palomar Monkeyflower) · M. douglasii (Brownies) · M. dudleyi (Dudley Monkeyflower) · M. eastwoodiae (Crimson Monkeyflower) · M. evanescens (Disappearing Monkeyflower) · M. exiguus (San Bernardino Mountain Monkeyflower) · M. filicaulis (Slenderstem Monkeyflower) · M. floribundus (Floriferous Monkeyflower) · M. floribundus floribundus (Manyflowered Monkeyflower) · M. fremontii (Fremont's Monkeyflower) · M. gemmiparus (Rocky Mountain Monkeyflower) · M. glabratus (Round-Leaf Monkey-Flower) · M. glabratus Kunth var. michiganensis (Pennell) Fassett (Michigan Monkey-Flower) · M. glabratus var. glabratus (Round-Leaf Monkey-Flower) · M. glabratus var. jamesii (James Monkeyflower) · M. glabratus var. michiganensis (Michigan Monkey-Flower) · M. glabratus var. oklahomensis (Oklahoma Monkeyflower) · M. glaucescens (Shield Bract Monkeyflower) · M. gracilipes (Slenderstalk Monkeyflower) · M. grayi (Gray's Monkeyflower) · M. guttatus (Common Large Monkeyflower) · M. guttatus guttatus (Spotted Monkey Flower) · M. guttatus 'Richard Bish' (Common Monkeyflower) · M. hymenophyllus (Membrane-Leaved Monkeyflower) · M. inconspicuus (Small-Flower Monkeyflower) · M. jepsonii (Jepson's Monkey-Flower) · M. johnstonii (Johnston Monkeyflower) · M. jungermannioides (Hepatic Monkey-Flower) · M. kelloggii (Kellogg's Monkey-Flower) · M. laciniatus (Cutleaf Monkeyflower) · M. latidens (Broad-Tooth Monkey-Flower) · M. latifolius (Broad-Leaf Monkey-Flower) · M. layneae (Layne's Monkey-Flower) · M. leptaleus (Least Monkeyflower) · M. lewisii (Great Purple Monkeyflower) · M. luteus (Blood-Drop Emletes) · M. mephiticus (Foul Odor Monkeyflower) · M. mohavensis (Mojave Monkeyflower) · M. montioides (Mointain Monkeyflower) · M. moschatus (Musk Flower) · M. moschatus var. longiflorus (Musk Monkeyflower) · M. moschatus var. moniliformis (Muskflower) · M. moschatus var. moniliformis (Greene) Munz (Muskflower) · M. moschatus var. moschatus (Muskflower) · M. moschatus var. sessilifolius (Muskflower) · M. moschatus var. sessilifolius Gray (Muskflower) · M. naiandinus (Monkey Flower) · M. nanus (Dwarf Purple Monkey-Flower) · M. norrisii (Kaweah Monkeyflower) · M. nudatus (Bare Monkeyflower) · M. ovatus (Carson Monkeyflower) · M. palmeri (Palmer's Monkey-Flower) · M. parishii (Parish's Monkey-Flower) · M. parryi (Annual Redspot Monkey-Flower) · M. pictus (Calico Monkey Flower) · M. platycalyx (Wide-Calyx Monkey-Flower) · M. platylaemus (Wide-Throat Monkey-Flower) · M. primuloides (Primrose Monkey-Flower) · M. primuloides var. linearifolius (Primrose Monkeyflower) · M. primuloides var. linearifolius A.L.Grant (Primrose Monkeyflower) · M. primuloides var. primuloides (Primrose Monkey-Flower) · M. pulchellus (Pansy Monkeyflower) · M. pulsiferae (Candelabrum Monkeyflower) · M. purpureus (Little Purple Monkey-Flower) · M. purpureus A.L.Grant var. pauxillus A.L.Grant (Little Purple Monkeyflower) · M. purpureus A.L.Grant var. purpureus A.L.Grant (Purple Monkeyflower)

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 22, 2007:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. "Mimulus". in Flora of China Vol. 18 Page 40. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
  2. Mean = 361.260 meters (1,185.236 feet), Standard Deviation = 524.690 based on 4,733 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 7/15/2012