Mimulus alsinoides

Mimulus alsinoides
Mimulus alsinoides in John B. Yeon State Scenic Corridor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Phrymaceae
Genus: Mimulus
Species: M. alsinoides
Binomial name
Mimulus alsinoides
Dougl. ex Benth.

Mimulus alsinoides is a species of monkeyflower known by the common names wingstem monkeyflower and chickweed monkeyflower.

Distribution

It is native to western North America from British Columbia to the Klamath Mountains of far northern California, where it grows in moist and wet wooded habitat, such as moss beds and rocky streambanks.[1][2]

Description

Mimulus alsinoides is an annual herb producing an erect stem up to about 15 centimeters tall. The oval green to red-tinged leaves are slightly to obviously toothed. Less than 2 centimeters long with 3 to 5 prominent veins on the upper surface, they are oppositely arranged about the small stem.[3][4][5]

Each flower arises on an erect reddish pedicel. The base of the flower is surrounded by a slightly hairy red calyx of sepals. The yellow corolla of the flower has two lobes on its upper lip and three on its lower. The lower lip has a large red spot and there are usually other red marks in the corolla. The fruit is a small capsule.

References

  1. ↑ Sullivan, Steven. K. (2015). "Mimulus alsinoides". Wildflower Search. Retrieved 2015-02-07.
  2. ↑ "Mimulus alsinoides". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture; Natural Resources Conservation Service. 2015. Retrieved 2015-02-07.
  3. ↑ Klinkenberg, Brian (Editor) (2014). "Mimulus alsinoides". E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia [eflora.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Retrieved 2015-02-07.
  4. ↑ Giblin, David (Editor) (2015). "Erythranthe alsinoides". WTU Herbarium Image Collection. Burke Museum, University of Washington. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
  5. ↑ "Mimulus alsinoides". Jepson eFlora: Taxon page. Jepson Herbarium; University of California, Berkeley. 2015. Retrieved 2015-02-07.
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