Scientific Name
Mimulus cardinalis Benth.
Family
Phrymaceae
General
This species is typically found along stream banks or near other sources of water. It is easily grown from seeds for the native plant garden.
CI
Mimulus cardinalis makes only a rare appearance on CI habitats, growing in places where landscaping water is applied. The plants pictured below were growing in the damp soil next to a chronically leaking sprinkler head. When the sprinkler was repaired, the patch did not maintain itself and disappeared.
References
More on this species at Calflora
The Jepson Manual (2012: 993, Phrymaceae by David M. Thompson)
Dale (2000: 183).
McAuley (1996: 518).
Mimulus cardinalis in shallow ditch just to east of University Glen, CI, near leaking sprinkler head (29 June 2003).
Mimulus cardinalis in shallow ditch just to east of University Glen, CI, near leaking sprinkler head (29 June 2003).
Mimulus cardinalis in shallow ditch just to east of University Glen, CI, near leaking sprinkler head (29 June 2003).