Mimulus pictus—calico monkeyflower. The species is included in the CNPS Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants on list 1B.2 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere).The annual calico monkeyflower grows in bare, sunny spots near granitic outcrops in the Sierra foothills east of Bakersfield trending north to near Visalia. Although rare, seeds are available for sale from a number of sources. It will reseed in the garden. The species may move to the genus Diplacus or the genus Eunanus depending on which of the duelling taxonomic sources appeals to you. It remains, for now, in the genus Mimulus according to the Jepson e-Flora. Photographed at Regional Parks Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA
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