Mimulus gracilis R.Br.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Phrymaceae > Mimulus

Characteristics

Perennial herb, up to 90-750 mm high; glabrous. Stems erect, simple or branched at base, narrowly winged. Leaves opposite; simple; sessile; blade narrowly ovate to lanceolate, 47-60 x 16 mm, base truncate, margins entire or dentate; petioles up to 2.5 mm long. Flowers: pedicellate in lax, leafy racemes, solitary in axils of leaves; corolla up to 12 mm long, tubular, bilabiate, white, cream-coloured or pale yellow with contrasting spots inside; Sep.-Mar.
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Perennial herb, 0.09-0.75 m high; stems simple or branching ± from base, erect, ascending or decumbent, narrowly winged. Leaves opposite, sessile, simple, 47-60 x 16 mm, lanceolate to narrowly oblong, irregularly denticulate. Flowers single, axillary, pedicellate in lax, leafy racemes. Corolla up to 12 mm long, tubular, bilabiate, white, cream-coloured or pale yellow with contrasting spots inside. Flowering time all year, mainly Dec.
Leaves 2.0–4.7(6.0) x 0.3–1.6 cm., lanceolate to narrowly oblong, apex obtuse to subacute, subcordate or obtuse at base, almost entire or more usually laxly denticulate, glandular-punctate beneath, sessile.
Perennial herb, up to 400 mm tall, branched at base. Leaves opposite, simple, sessile, narrowly ovate, entire or dentate, petioles up to 25 mm long. Flowers solitary in axils of leaves. Flowers white.
Calyx 4.5–8.5 x 4–6 mm., campanulate, lobes 1.3–2 x 0.5–0.7 mm., broadly lanceolate to deltoid, acute, minutely ciliate, ribs prominent especially in fruit.
Flowers solitary in leaf axils on long pedicels forming loose, leafy racemes; pedicels 1.0–3.5 cm. long (up to 5 cm. long in fruit), slender to filiform.
Corolla 7.5–12 mm. long, tubular, white or whitish, throat yellow with brown protuberances.
Stem branching from or near base or simple, subquadrangular, narrowly winged.
Slender stiffly erect herb, 1-2 ft. high, simple or sparingly branched
Perennial to 0.45(1) m. tall, glabrous, erect, ascending or decumbent.
Flowers white or mauve with yellowish spots in the throat
Capsule ovoid to obovoid, 5–6 mm. long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
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Mature height (meter) 0.09 - 0.75
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Environment

In upland savanna.
Light -
Soil humidity 1-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 7 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment stratification
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Images

Mimulus gracilis unspecified picture

Distribution

Mimulus gracilis world distribution map, present in Australia and South Africa

Conservation status

Mimulus gracilis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:805954-1
WFO ID wfo-0000450810
COL ID 43HKV
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Mimulus gracilis Mimulus pusillus