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Red Monkeyflower

Mimulus aurantiacus var. puniceus

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Field Notes

Description:

Red flower with orange and white in the center of the tube. The anther is white. Leaves are long, smooth and slender. This bush has "rows up to 1.2 meters-4 feet tall, has deep green sticky leaves 3 to 7 cm long and up to a centimeter broad and flowering stems that grow vertically. The flowers are tubular at the base and about 2 centimeters long with five broad lobes" - Wikipedia

Habitat:

riparian area

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Thank you Alice! These bright splashes of color are so great to see while hiking.

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