Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Mimulus whitneyi is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name harlequin monkeyflower. It is endemic to the southern Sierra Nevada of California, where it grows in bare and disturbed habitat, such as roadsides and exposed slopes. This is an herb growing up to about 14 centimeters tall. The oval to linear leaves reach up to 2.3 centimeters long. The tubular base of the flower is encapsulated in a dark-ribbed calyx of hairy sepals with pointed lobes. The flower corolla is between 1 and 2 centimeters in length and may be pink or yellow. It generally has longitudinal stripes in the mouth.

Plant type

Annual herb

Size

6 in Tall

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Color

Pink

Flowering season

Spring, Summer, Fall

Sun

Full Sun

Water

High

Site type

Disturbed places

Plant communities

Lodgepole Forest, Red Fir Forest, Subalpine Forest

Hummingbirds
Bees
Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 7 likely

Confirmed Likely

Annaphila decia

Annaphila miona

Variable Checkerspot

Euphydryas chalcedona

Edith's Checkerspot

Euphydryas editha