''Erythranthe exigua'' is a rare species of
monkeyflower Monkey flower can refer to:
*Several genera of plant family Phrymaceae, including:
** ''Diplacus''
** ''Erythranthe''
** ''Mimulus''
*Various snapdragon-like Lamiales, including:
** ''Linaria vulgaris''
** ''Phyllocarpus septentrionalis
''Barne ...
known by the common name San Bernardino Mountains monkeyflower. It was formerly known as ''Mimulus exiguus''.
Distribution
It is native to the
San Bernardino Mountains
The San Bernardino Mountains are a high and rugged mountain range in Southern California in the United States. Situated north and northeast of San Bernardino and spanning two California counties, the range tops out at at San Gorgonio Mountain ...
of southern
California, as well as an area of
Baja California. It grows in moist, rocky habitat, including the rare quartz pebble plain habitat of the mountain meadows near
Big Bear
Big Bear, also known as ( cr, ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃᒪᐢᑿ; – 17 January 1888[Mistahimaskwa](_blank)
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,
Southern California.
Description
''Erythranthe exigua'' is a petite annual herb producing a hair-thin, erect stem just a few centimeters tall. The herbage is reddish in color and lightly hairy. The oppositely arranged oval leaves are a few millimeters in length. The tubular lavender flower is under 4 millimeters long and the corolla is divided into five lobes.
References
External links
Jepson Manual Treatment — ''Mimulus exiguus''USDA Plants Profile: ''Mimulus exiguus''Mimulus exiguus - Photo gallery
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exigua
''Exigua'' (synonym: ''Brassicicephalus'') is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived from 501 to 497 million years ago during the Dresbachian faunal stage of the late Cambrian Period. Exigu ...
Flora of California
Flora of Baja California
Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
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Plants described in 1885
Flora without expected TNC conservation status