Carried by 1 nurseries
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Mimulus brevipes is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name widethroat yellow monkeyflower. It is native to the mountains and foothills of southern California and Baja California, where it grows in chaparral, especially open areas such as those recently cleared by wildfire. This is a hairy annual herb producing an erect stem reaching maximum heights anywhere between 5 and 80 centimeters tall. The paired opposite leaves are lance-shaped to oval and are up to 9 centimeters long. The tubular throat of the flower is encapsulated in a hairy calyx of sepals up to 2.5 centimeters long with pointed tips, some longer than others. The bright yellow flower corolla is up to 3 centimeters long with five lobes at the mouth, two on the upper lip and three on the lower.
Annual herb
2 - 31 in Tall
Yellow
Spring, Summer
Containers
Full Sun
High
Moderate
7, 8, 9, 10, 14*, 15*, 16*, 17, 19*, 20*, 21*, 22*, 23*, 24*
Open slopes, burned places
Chaparral, Northern Coastal Scrub, Yellow Pine Forest
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 7 likely
Orange Tortrix Moth
Argyrotaenia franciscana
Variable Checkerspot
Euphydryas chalcedona
Edith's Checkerspot
Euphydryas editha