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- Lewis’s monkeyflower is a tall perennial forb, reaching a height of 3½ feet. It occurs commonly along mountain streamsides, often among rocks and boulders, from southeastern Alaska to Alberta and south to California, Utah, and Colorado. The opposite leaves are distinctive in being sessile, coarsely toothed, and having prominent palmate veins.
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Lewis’s monkeyflower is a tall perennial forb, reaching a height of 3½ feet. It occurs commonly along mountain streamsides, often among rocks and boulders, from southeastern Alaska to Alberta and south to California, Utah, and Colorado.
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Lewis's Monkeyflower. Clustered, hairy to sticky-hairy. Stems spreading to upright, with clasping leaves. Leaves 1–3 in. long, oblong, with pointed tip, entire or slightly toothed. Flowers pink to bright rose, 1 in. or longer, with yellow markings in throat.
Lewis' Monkeyflower grows in the mountains at middle and upper elevations. Plants grow along high elevation streams and runoff channels where it is often abundant and may act as a bank stabilizer (Meinke 1995).
The rich, bright pink flowers of mimulus lewisii enliven many streams and lakesides in the high mountains of the West, often attracting hummingbirds. Like all monkeyflowers the blooms are bilaterally symmetric, consisting of five lobes, three downwards-pointing and two upwards.
Flowering Season: June - September. Size: The plant grows one to three feet high. The flowers are big and flashy, often a couple inches across. You won't walk past a blooming Lewis's Monkeyflower without noticing it. Lifespan: Perennial. Origins: Native to California (see distribution maps for California and U.S./Canada )
Mimulus lewisii (Lewis' Monkeyflower or Great Purple Monkeyflower) is a perennial herb in the Phrymaceae (Lopseed) family. It is native to western North America from Alaska to California to Colorado, where it grows in moist habitat such as streambanks at elevations between 5,000 and 10,000 ft.
Phrymaceae. Great Purple Monkey-flower, Lewis' Monkeyflower, Pink Monkey-flower. Description. A perennial from stout, branching rhizomes which grows in wet meadows and along rivers and streams. At a glance. Plant Type: Herb.
