Mimulus

Plant Characteristics

Lifespan:	⌛	perennials and annuals"perennials and annuals" is not in the list (perennial, annual, biennial, unknown) of allowed values for the "Lifespan" property.
Origin:	✈	?

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	?"?" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property.
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Scientific Names

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Species

Mimulus (pronounced /ˈmɪmjuːləs/) 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 published in the mid-1990sTemplate:Fact. Multiple studies of chloroplast DNA and two regions of nuclear rDNA suggest that the genera Phryma, Berendtiella, Hemichaena, Leucocarpus, Microcarpeae, Peplidium, Glossostigma, and Elacholoma are all derived from within Mimulus and would need to be rearranged.^wp

It is recognized that there are two large groups of Mimulus species, with the largest group of species in western North America, and a second group with center of diversity in Australia. A few species also extend into eastern North America, eastern Asia and southern Africa. This enlarged group is a part of the newly redefined Phrymaceae.^wp

Selected species^wp:

• Mimulus alatus – Sharpwing Monkey-flower
• Mimulus alsinoides – Chickweed Monkey-flower
• Mimulus aridus
• Mimulus aurantiacus – Orange Bush Monkey-flower, Sticky Monkey-flower
• Mimulus bigelovii
• Mimulus breviflorus – Shortflower Monkey-flower
• Mimulus brevipes – Wide-throated Yellow Monkey-flower
• Mimulus breweri – Brewer's Monkey-flower
• Mimulus cardinalis – Scarlet Monkey-flower
• Mimulus clementii
• Mimulus cupreus
• Mimulus debilis F.Muell.
• Mimulus dentatus – Toothleaf Monkey-flower
• Mimulus douglasii – Purple mouse ears, brownies
• Mimulus filicaulis – Slender-stemmed Monkey-flower
• Mimulus floribundus – Floriferous Monkey-flower
• Mimulus fremontii
• Mimulus glabratus – Roundleaf Monkey-flower
• Mimulus glaucescens
• Mimulus glutinosus – Pink Monkey-flower, Hard-wooded Mimulus
• Mimulus gracilis R.Br.
• Mimulus guttatus – Common Large Monkey-flower, Common Monkey-flower, Stream Monkey-flower, Seep Monkey-flower
• Mimulus laciniatus
• Mimulus lewisii – Great Purple Monkey-flower, Lewis' Monkey-flower
• Mimulus longiflorus – Southern Bush Monkey-flower syn. Diplacus longiflorus
• Mimulus luteus – Yellow Monkey-flower, Blood-drop-emlets, Monkey Musk
• Mimulus micranthus
• Mimulus moschatus – Musk-flower
• Mimulus nudatus
• Mimulus nasutus
• Mimulus palmeri
• Mimulus parishii
• Mimulus pilosus – Downy Mimetanthe
• Mimulus primuloides
• Mimulus puniceus – Red Bush Monkey-flower syn. Diplacus puniceus
• Mimulus repens R.Br.
• Mimulus ringens – Allegheny Monkey-flower, Square-stemmed Monkey-flower
• Mimulus roseus – Rosy Monkey-flower
• Mimulus rupicola – Death Valley Monkey-flower
• Mimulus shevockii – Kelso Creek Monkey-flower
• Mimulus stellatus
• Mimulus tilingii – Large Mountain Monkey-flower, Subalpine Monkey-flower
• Mimulus variegatus

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External links

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