Mimulus bigelovii var. cuspidatus A.L.Grant

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  California

• County/Municipio

  Inyo Co.

• Locality

  Death Valley National Monument. Canyon opposite Thorndike Campground on road to Telescope Peak. Steep gravel slides along creek below Thorndike Spring. Hundreds of plants in patches on dry scree slope.

• Elevation

  Alt. 2350 m. (7710 ft.)

• Coordinates

  36.2389, -117.073

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  969

• Georeferencing Method

  GEOLocate Web Application. Used GEOLocate Web Application (batch client) to convert Township Range Section coordinates (Public Land Survey System) to decimal degree (high precision).

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Monographic Studies of Mimulus (Scrophulariaceae)
Mimulus bigelovii (A. Gray) A. Gray
var. cuspidatus A.L. Grant
CALIFORNIA: Inyo Co. Death Valley National
Monument. Canyon opposite Thorndike Campground
on road to Telescope Peak; T19S, R45E, NEfc SW%
S35, elev. 2350 m (7700 ft).
Steep gravel slides along creek below
Thorndike Spring. Hundreds of plants in patches
on dry scree slope. Mid-bloom; hundreds of
plants. Corolla magenta, 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 limb, a
red-purple blotch proximal to each of the two
sinuses separating the two upper lobes from the
three lower; often with additional red-purple
markings and vague veining around mouth, these
especially dense or even confluent at periphery
of yellow area.
David M. Thompson 1036
6 June 1991
03289157