Clinopodium mimuloides is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name monkeyflower savory.[1] It is endemic to California.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Clinopodium |
| Species: | C. mimuloides
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| Clinopodium mimuloides | |
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The plant can be found from the Santa Lucia Mountains to the San Gabriel Mountains in Central California and Southern California. It grows in chaparral, and woodlands, and moist places.[3]
Description
editClinopodium mimuloides is a perennial herb or small shrub growing erect to about 2 metres (6.6 ft) in height.[4] The slender branches are hairy, the herbage aromatic. The leaves have toothed or wavy edges and are up to 8 centimeters long by 6 wide.
Flowers occur in the leaf axils. Each is tubular and may be over 3 centimeters long. The flowers are salmon pink in color, and as the plant's name suggests, resemble those of some Mimulus species.
References
edit- ^ "Clinopodium mimuloides". ucjeps.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
- ^ "Clinopodium mimuloides (Benth.) Kuntze | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
- ^ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
- ^ "Clinopodium mimuloides". ucjeps.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
External links
edit- Calflora Database: Clinopodium mimuloides (Monkeyflower savory)
- USDA Plants Profile for Clinopodium mimuloides
- U.C. CalPhoto gallery of Clinopodium mimuloides (monkeyflower savory)
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