''Mimetanthe'' is a

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s in the family

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. It has only one species, ''Mimetanthe pilosa'',

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''Mimulus pilosus'', known by the common names false monkeyflower and downy mimetanthe. It is native to the western United States (Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington State) and

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, where it grows in moist and disturbed habitat types. This plant is different enough from other monkeyflowers that it is treated in its own monotypic genus, ''Mimetanthe'', or it may be retained in ''Mimulus''. It is an annual herb growing to a maximum height of about 35 centimeters. It is coated densely in long hairs. The oppositely arranged, narrow or wide lance-shaped leaves 1 to 3 centimeters long. The tubular base of the flower is encapsulated in a calyx of

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s. The yellow flower corolla is under a centimeter long, divided into five rounded lobes at the mouth, and often dotted with red in the throat.

References

External links

Jepson Manual Treatment of ''Mimetanthe pilosus''USDA Plants Profile for ''Mimulus pilosus''''Mimulus pilosus'' — UC Photos gallery
Flora of California Flora of Arizona Flora of Idaho Flora of Nevada Flora of Oregon Flora of Utah Flora of the California desert regions Flora of the Cascade Range Flora of the Klamath Mountains Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States) Flora of the Great Basin Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands Natural history of the California Coast Ranges Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains Natural history of the Transverse Ranges Phrymaceae Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Lamiales-stub