Flora:Lewis' Monkeyflower
From Oregon Hikers Field Guide
| Mimulus lewisii |
| Figwort Family |
Alternate Names: Great Purple Monkeyflower, Lewis Monkey Flower, Lewis's Monkeyflower, Pink Monkeyflower, Purple Monkeyflower
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Links
- Burke Museum
- CalFlora
- CalPhotos
- E-Flora BC
- Forestry Images
- Turner Photographics
- US Department of Agriculture Link
- Washington Flora Checklist
- Wildflowers.org
Description
Lewis' Monkeyflower grows near small streams in alpine meadows. It's common near most of our mountain peaks.
Tips on identifying species of Monkeyflower
Monkeyflowers are a genus of quite varied looking plants. The leaves can be so different that they don't look related at all. Blossoms come in shades of pink or yellow. The flowers of all varieties have five petals. The two upper petals are often smaller than the lower three and spots on the lower petals are very common.
| pink flowers one inch or larger, grows in mid to high elevations near streams | Lewis' Monkeyflower | Mimulus lewisii |
| tiny pink flowers, two upper petals darker than lower three; grows in wet areas at mid and high elevations | Brewer's Monkeyflower | Mimulus breweri |
| very small plant; underside of leaves purple;bright pink flowers,two upper petals larger, three lower marked with darker pink; grows in bare rocky areas at mid to high elevations in the southern half of Oregon | Dwarf Monkeyflower | Mimulus nanus |
| small plant; green leaves; pink flowers with five equal petals, no spots; desert plant | Cusick's Monkeyflower | Mimulus cusickii |
| tubular yellow flower;leaves without notches;grows in moist forested areas at all elevations | Musk Moneyflower | Mimulus moschatus |
| tubular yellow flower;leaves notched;grows in moist coastal areas below 1300 feet | Toothleaved Monkeyflower | Mimulus dentatus |
| yellow flowers with notched, widely spread petals; three lower petals have light red spot;grows in wet areas in mid and high elevations | Primrose Monkeyflower | Mimulus primuloides |
| small plant; yellow flower, single large red spot on bottom petal; grows at low to mid elevations | Chickweed Monkeyflower | Mimulus alsinoides |
| yellow flower, red spots only in throat; bottom petals larger;grows at mid to high elevations | Mountain Monkeyflower | Mimulus primuloides |
| small plant;red stems;tiny reddish leaves;yellow flower, bottom petals spotted, upper petals smaller lacking spots;grows at low to mid elevations | Seep Spring Monkeyflower | Mimulus guttatus |
| small yellow flowers; all petals same size;grows eat of the Cascades | Short Flowered Monkeyflower | Mimulus breviflorus |
| Tiny plant;reddish hairy leaves and stem;yellow flowers with red spots on bottom petal | Purple Stemmed Monkeyflower | Mimulus floribundus |
| Hairy leaves;yellow flowers;top petals slightly larger | Columbia Monkeyflower | Mimulus jungermannioides |
| Tiny plant with very small leaves;yellow flower; red spots on lower petals and throat | Washington Monkeyflower | Mimulus washingtonensis |
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