[Monkeyflowers: The Genera Diplacus and Erythranthe in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Dwarf Monkeyflower, Dwarf Purple Monkey-flower

Mimulus nanus

Synonyms: Mimulus nanus, Mimulus nanus ssp. nanus, Mimulus nanus var. nanus

Dwarf Purple Monkeyflower: Mimulus nanus var. nanus
Dwarf purple monkeyflower as seen on the Tam McArthur Rim in the Three Sisters Wilderness.

Dwarf Monkeyflower, Dwarf Purple Monkeyflower, Dwarf Purple Monkey Flower: Diplacus nanus (Synonyms: Eunanus austiniae, Eunanus nanus, Eunanus tolmiei, Mimulus austiniae, Mimulus microphyton, Mimulus nanus ssp. cascadensis, Mimulus nanus ssp. nanus, Mimulus nanus var. nanus, Mimulus reifschneiderae, Mimulus tolmiei, Mimulus washoensis) - Dwarf Monkeyflower, Dwarf Purple Monkeyflower, Dwarf Purple Monkey Flower: Diplacus nanus (Synonyms: Eunanus austiniae, Eunanus nanus, Eunanus tolmiei, Mimulus austiniae, Mimulus microphyton, Mimulus nanus ssp. cascadensis, Mimulus nanus ssp. nanus, Mimulus nanus var. nanus, Mimulus reifschneiderae, Mimulus tolmiei, Mimulus washoensis)

Gland-tipped stem hairs of Dwarf Monkeyflower, Dwarf Purple Monkeyflower, Dwarf Purple Monkey Flower: Diplacus nanus (Synonyms: Eunanus austiniae, Eunanus nanus, Eunanus tolmiei, Mimulus austiniae, Mimulus microphyton, Mimulus nanus ssp. cascadensis, Mimulus nanus ssp. nanus, Mimulus nanus var. nanus, Mimulus reifschneiderae, Mimulus tolmiei, Mimulus washoensis) - Stem leaf of Dwarf Monkeyflower, Dwarf Purple Monkeyflower, Dwarf Purple Monkey Flower: Diplacus nanus (Synonyms: Eunanus austiniae, Eunanus nanus, Eunanus tolmiei, Mimulus austiniae, Mimulus microphyton, Mimulus nanus ssp. cascadensis, Mimulus nanus ssp. nanus, Mimulus nanus var. nanus, Mimulus reifschneiderae, Mimulus tolmiei, Mimulus washoensis)

Dwarf Monkeyflower, Dwarf Purple Monkeyflower, Dwarf Purple Monkey Flower: Diplacus nanus (Synonyms: Eunanus austiniae, Eunanus nanus, Eunanus tolmiei, Mimulus austiniae, Mimulus microphyton, Mimulus nanus ssp. cascadensis, Mimulus nanus ssp. nanus, Mimulus nanus var. nanus, Mimulus reifschneiderae, Mimulus tolmiei, Mimulus washoensis) - Sideview of the corolla and calyx of Dwarf Monkeyflower, Dwarf Purple Monkeyflower, Dwarf Purple Monkey Flower: Diplacus nanus (Synonyms: Eunanus austiniae, Eunanus nanus, Eunanus tolmiei, Mimulus austiniae, Mimulus microphyton, Mimulus nanus ssp. cascadensis, Mimulus nanus ssp. nanus, Mimulus nanus var. nanus, Mimulus reifschneiderae, Mimulus tolmiei, Mimulus washoensis) - Close-up frontal view of the corolla of Dwarf Monkeyflower, Dwarf Purple Monkeyflower, Dwarf Purple Monkey Flower: Diplacus nanus (Synonyms: Eunanus austiniae, Eunanus nanus, Eunanus tolmiei, Mimulus austiniae, Mimulus microphyton, Mimulus nanus ssp. cascadensis, Mimulus nanus ssp. nanus, Mimulus nanus var. nanus, Mimulus reifschneiderae, Mimulus tolmiei, Mimulus washoensis)

Close-ups of dwarf purple monkeyflower as seen along Oregon Highway 19 near the Shelton State Wayside........June 30, 2010. The spring and early summer of 2010 were exceptionally cool and wet east of the Cascade Mts and thus annuals such as this species flourished, with many samples of this species having multibranched stems and numerous blossoms (compared with the single-flowered specimens seen below which tend to be more the norm during drier years.
Paul Slichter