Mimulus bigelovii A.Gray var. bigelovii

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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Monographic Studies of Mimulus (Scrophulariaceae)
Intermediate between
Mimulus bigelovii (A. Gray) A. Gray and
Mimulus nanus Hooker & Arnott
var. mephiticus (E. Greene) D. Thompson
CALIFORNIA: Inyo Co. 9.0 mi W of Hwy 395
along Whitney Portal Road, T15N, R35E, NWfc S30,
elev. 7200 ft (2200 m).
Level sandy wash areas at base of slides of
granitic sand on S side of road. Also at 8.7 mi
W. Very common locally—hundreds of plants. No
mature seeds yet but many plants no longer
flowering. The herbivore-damaged plants are
resprouting and flowering. Corolla dark magenta,
almost red-purple, paler or yellowish on proximal
and lower (ventral) parts of tube-throat
exterior; throat floor yellow with scattered
small reddish dots, a red-purple midvein
radiating onto base of each lobe of lower lip, a
dark red-purple flare reddening as it extends
from throat onto the 2 upper lip lobes from
throat; additional red-purple bordering yellow
area.
A chromosome count was determined from one
plant in this population: n ? 8.
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David M. Thompson 917
26 May 1988
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