John Davidson

« Previous Day: Lobelia excelsa | Main | Next Day: Danaus plexippus and Asclepias tuberosa »
May 13, 2008: Boschniakia strobilacea
May 13, 2007: Rosa 'Ausmas'
May 13, 2006: Lobelia tupa
May 13, 2005: Enkianthus campanulatus

July 31, 2006 : Mimulus guttatus

Keywords: Phrymaceae | Mimulus guttatus DC | roadside waterfall, Hurricane Ridge area, Olympic National Park, Washington

Mimulus guttatus

Common monkeyflower or seep monkeyflower (implying it grows where water seeps) is a native of western North America – if you accept a narrow definition of the species, i.e., sensu stricto. You would also then accept the existence of twenty or thirty closely related taxa. If, however, you view the species sensu lato (in the broad sense) like the USDA PLANTS database, the distribution changes to include northeastern North America and the 20-30 closely related taxa “disappear” by being lumped into the now monolithic Mimulus guttatus species complex.

Posted by Daniel Mosquin at July 31, 2006 12:00 AM

Read recent comments on all BPotD Entries

Comments

Mimulus guttatus - Z6 - RHS Index of Garden Plants, Griffiths
Mimulus guttatus - Z6-9 - A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, Brickell, Cole, Zuk

Posted by: Beverley at July 31, 2006 7:14 AM

Please share your comments about the photograph(s) and accompanying write-up. Telling a story about the subject of the photograph(s) is also much appreciated! If you have a gardening question, the best place to ask is on the UBC Botanical Garden Forums. Thank you!

Post a comment




Remember Me?

(you may use HTML tags for style)

XML Feeds: Atom | RSS 2.0 | RSS 1.0 | What is RSS? | RSS Tools

Locations of visitors to this page

Creative Commons License
Botany Photo of the Day and all associated images are licensed under a Creative Commons License except when otherwise specified in the accompanying written entry.

About Botany Photo of the Day | Submit Your Photos via Flickr | Submit Your Photos via UBCBG's Discussion Forums

Botany Photo of the Day is a project of the UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research, located in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada. UBC BGCPR is a department of the Faculty of Land and Food Systems within The University of British Columbia.