Mimulus cusickii (Greene) Rattan

  • Filed As

    Scrophulariaceae
    Mimulus cusickii (Greene) Rattan

  • Collector(s)

    D. M. Thompson 987, 30 Jul 1988

  • Location

    United States of America. Oregon. Harney Co. Diamond Craters area. 20 mi south of Highway 78 near New Princeton along road to Frenchglen, 17.0 mi south of turnoff for Malheir Wildlife Refuge; 6.2 mi south of turnoff fro Pete French Round Barn; 1.3 mi south of Diamond Craters sign.

  • Habitat

    On black gravel banks along northwest side of road. Very abundant - many hundreds of plants.

  • Description

    Most plants dead or nearly so, but many still flowering and some still in fair condition. Corolla uniformly magenta except on the whitish tube and lower throat exterior; the throat with narrow dark magenta lines radiating to the midveins of the lobe bases (sometimes a general darkening around the mouth obscuring these lines); the proximal portion of the throat interior and the 2 throat floor ridges yellow with scattered small reddish dots. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 01245975

    Occurrence ID: 396c1c18-f3ab-4ccb-85c9-38f686b9fd74

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  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    Oregon

  • County/Municipio

    Harney Co.

  • Locality

    Diamond Craters area. 20 mi south of Highway 78 near New Princeton along road to Frenchglen, 17.0 mi south of turnoff for Malheir Wildlife Refuge; 6.2 mi south of turnoff fro Pete French Round Barn; 1.3 mi south of Diamond Craters sign

  • Township, Range, Section

    T29S, R32E, S2 and S3

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1280 m. (4199 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    43.0811, -118.74

  • Georeferencing Method

    TRS Conversion Calculator. Used TRS2LL tool (defunct, now: TRS-data conversion tool, Montana State University, www.esg.montana.edu/gl/trs-data.html) to convert TRS coordinates (Township, Range, Section; Public Land Survey System) to decimal degrees.

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Monographic Studies of Mimulus (Scrophulariaceae)
Mimulus cusickii (E. Greene) Rattan
OREGON: Harney Co. Diamond Craters area.
20 mi S of Hwy 78 near New Princeton along road
to Frenchglen, 17.0 mi S of turnoff for Malheur
Wildlife Refuge; 6.2 mi S of turnoff for Pete
French Round Barn; 1.3 mi S of Diamond Craters
sign, T29S, R32E, S2 and S3, elev. 4200 ft (1280
m).
Very abundant--many hundreds of plants--on
black gravel banks along NW side of road. Most
plants dead or nearly so, but many still
flowering and some still in fair condition.
Corolla uniformly magenta except on the whitish
tube and lower throat exterior; the throat with
narrow dark magenta lines radiating to the
midveins of the lobe bases (sometimes a general
darkening around the mouth obscuring these
lines); the proximal portion of the throat
interior and the 2 throat floor ridges yellow
with scattered small reddish dots.
David M. Thompson 987
30 July 1988
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