Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Mimulus parishii is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name Parish's monkeyflower. It is native to the mountains and hills of the southern half of California, far western Nevada, and northern Baja California, where it grows in wet, sandy habitat such as streambanks. It is an annual herb growing 3 to over centimeters in maximum height with a stout, hairy stem. The oppositely arranged oval or widely lance-shaped leaves are up to 7.5 centimeters long. The narrow, tubular base of the flower is encapsulated in a ribbed calyx of sepals with pointed lobes. The five-lobed flower is white, often tinged with pink.

Plant type

Annual herb

Size

1 - 34 in Tall

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Color

Pink

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

High

Soil drainage

Fast

Site type

Wet, sandy streamsides

Plant communities

Joshua Tree Woodland, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland

Hummingbirds
Bees
Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 7 likely

Confirmed Likely

Annaphila decia

Orange Tortrix Moth

Argyrotaenia franciscana

Variable Checkerspot

Euphydryas chalcedona

Edith's Checkerspot

Euphydryas editha