Mimulus filicifolius Calflora

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Taxon Report

Mimulus filicifolius Sexton, K. G. Ferris, & Schoenig

(not an active name)

Fern-leaved monkeyflower

2018 Cristian Singer

2017 David popp

2018 Cristian Singer

Mimulus filicifolius is an annual herb that is native to California.

also called Erythranthe filicifolia


	Plant Range Observation Search ~54 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Mimulus
Family:	Phrymaceae (Scrophulariaceae)
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS

Alternate Names:


JEF	Erythranthe filicifolia

Information about Mimulus filicifolius from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. USDA PLANTS Profile (MIFI4) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
Speciation on a Local Geographic Scale...: Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2014 Aug 5;369(1648) Ferris KG, Sexton JP, Willis JH We found that M. filicifolius is genetically divergent from the other species and strongly reproductively isolated from M. laciniatus.... The Fern-Leaved Monkeyflower: Madro�o 60(3):236-242. 2013 Jason P. Sextona, Kathleen G. Ferrisb, and Steve E. Schoenigc The fern-leaved monkeyflower, Mimulus filicifolius ... is differentiated from close relatives of Mimulus L. (M. laciniatus Gray and M. guttatus DC.) ... by having many finely divided, bi-pinnately compound leaves. photos / record / common / links null:!mg42741:!null:!null:!

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 12/03/2024).