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Mimulus torreyi is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name Torrey's monkeyflower. This Mimulus is endemic to eastern montane California, where it is known from the high mountain ranges of the southern Cascades through all the Sierra Nevada into the Tehachapi Mountains. This Mimulus is endemic to eastern montane California, where it is known from the high mountain ranges of the southern Cascades through all the Sierra Nevada into the Tehachapi Mountains. It grows in open and disturbed mountain habitat types, such as rock outcrops. Mimulus torreyi is an annual herb growing 4 to 38 centimeters tall. The oppositely arranged oval leaves are up to 4 centimeters long and generally oval in shape. The tubular base of the flower is encapsulated in a thin, green, lightly hairy calyx of sepals. The flower corolla is 1 to 2 centimeters long and divided into a reflexed upper lip and slightly protruding lower lip. The flower is pink in color with two gold stripes with magenta borders in the mouth, and usually no spotting or other markings.

Plant type

Annual herb

Size

2 - 16 in Tall

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Color

Pink, Yellow, Red

Water

High

Hummingbirds
Bees
Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 9 likely

Confirmed Likely

Annaphila decia

Annaphila lithosina

Annaphila miona

Variable Checkerspot

Euphydryas chalcedona