Calflora Taxon Report
Mimulus nanus  Hook. & Arn.

(not an active name)
Dwarf monkey flower,   Dwarf purple monkeyflower
Mimulus nanus is an annual herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
also called Diplacus nanus
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
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Genus: Mimulus
Family: Phrymaceae  
(Scrophulariaceae)
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands: Occurs usually in non wetlands, occasionally in wetlands

Communities: Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Chaparral, Northern Juniper Woodland

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS
Alternate Names:
PLANTSMimulus tolmiei
JEFDiplacus nanus
Information about Mimulus nanus from other sources
Nursery availability from CNPLX
Commercial availability unknown.

USDA PLANTS Profile (MINA)

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