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Annual to shrub.
Stem: ×-section generally round.
Leaf: opposite, simple, entire or toothed; stipules 0.
Inflorescence: spike, raceme, or panicle, bracted, or flowers 1–2 in axils.
Flower: bisexual; calyx radial or ± bilateral, tube long, generally ribbed, lobes 5; corolla generally bilateral, generally 2-lipped, upper [1]2-lobed, lower 3-lobed; stamens 4 in 2 pairs, epipetalous, included or exserted; pistil 1, ovary superior, chambers 1–2, placentas parietal or axile, style 1, stigma lobes 2, flat, folding together when touched.
Fruit: generally capsule, generally ellipsoid, loculicidal [ indehiscent, 1-seeded].
± 15 genera, 230 species: ± worldwide, many habitats; some cultivated as ornamental (e.g., Mimulus, Mazus). Formerly included in Scrophulariaceae. [Beardsley & Olmstead 2002 Amer J Bot 89:1093–1102] Family description by David J. Keil. —Scientific Editors: Douglas H. Goldman, Bruce G. Baldwin.

Glabrous to hairy.
Stem: generally erect.
Leaf: opposite, generally ± sessile, generally toothed or entire, generally green or ± red.
Inflorescence: raceme, bracted, or flowers generally 2 per axil.
Flower: occasionally cleistogamous; calyx generally green, lobes 5, generally << tube, generally unequal; corolla generally deciduous, white to red, maroon, purple, gold, or yellow, lower lip base occasionally swollen, ± closing mouth, tube- throat floor generally with 2 longitudinal folds; anther sacs spreading; placentas 2, axile or parietal; stigma lobes generally flat, generally included.
Fruit: generally ovoid to fusiform, generally upcurved if elongate, generally ± fragile, loculicidal near tip (hard, indehiscent), chambers 1–2.
Seed: many, generally < 1 mm, ovoid, ± yellow to dark brown.
± 100 species: North America, Chile, e Asia, s Africa, New Zealand, Australia. (Latin: little mime or comic actor, from face-like corolla of some species) [Thompson 2005 Syst Bot Monogr 75:1–213] Limb width measured between most distant points across corolla face.

Annual < 12 cm, puberulent to hairy.
Leaf: blade 8–32 mm, oblanceolate to elliptic, upper surface ± green, lower ± purple; base, petiole ± ciliate.
Flower: cleistogamous or open; pedicel 2–5 mm; calyx 5–14 mm, ribs hairy, lobes unequal, 0.2–1 mm, obtuse; corolla magenta, persistent, tube- throat 8–30 mm; placentas parietal.
Fruit: 4–8.5 mm, angled, laterally compressed, oblique, hard, indehiscent.
2n=18. Disturbed areas, sloped runoff areas, generally granitic or serpentine soils; 120–1100(1700) m. North Coast Ranges, Sierra Nevada Foothills, San Francisco Bay Area, n Outer South Coast Ranges (Monterey Co.), Western Transverse Ranges (Ventura Co.), Peninsular Ranges (San Diego Co.).

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Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) [year] Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/IJM.html [accessed on month, day, year]
Citation for an individual treatment: [Author of taxon treatment] [year]. [Taxon name] in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, [URL for treatment]. Accessed on [month, day, year].

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Chart based on elevation range in Manual and elevations and coordinates of CCH records. Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria. Note: About half of the CCH records include both elevation and coordinates.	Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria. View all CCH records   CCH collections by month Duplicates counted once; synonyms included. Species do not include records of infraspecific taxa. Blue line denotes Manual flowering time.