Plant Name
Scientific Name: Mimulus rubellus
Synonym: Mimulus gratioloides
Common Names: Little Redstem Monkeyflower, Pygmy Monkey Flower, Red Monkeyflower, Redstem Monkey-flower
Plant Characteristics
Duration: Annual
Growth Habit: Herb/Forb
Arizona Native Status: Native
Habitat: Desert, Upland, Mountain, Riparian. This tiny wildflower is usually found growing in moist sand in riparian areas and wetlands.
Flower Color: Yellow, Magenta pink to pale pink
Flowering Season: Spring
Height: To 5 inches (12.7 cm) tall
Description: The flowers are small, broadly tubular, and have 5 center-notched lobes, a red-spotted yellow patch in the throat, and an elongated calyx with raised reddish brown ribs. The leaves are green to red-tinged and oval to lance-shaped. The stems are reddish.
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision: Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Scrophulariales
Family: Scrophulariaceae – Figwort family
Genus: Mimulus L. – monkeyflower
Species: Mimulus rubellus A. Gray – little redstem monkeyflower
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