Common Name: LOPSEED FAMILY Habit: Annual to shrub. Stem: ×-section generally round. Leaf: opposite, simple, generally 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]. Genera In Family: +- 12 genera, 200 species: +- worldwide, many habitats; some cultivated as ornamental (e.g., Diplacus, Erythranthe). Formerly included in Scrophulariaceae. Note: Family description by David J. Keil. eFlora Treatment Author: Naomi S. Fraga [TJM2 author David M. Thompson] Scientific Editor: Bruce G. Baldwin.
Etymology: (Greek: imitator flower) eFlora Treatment Author: Naomi S. Fraga [TJM2 author David M. Thompson] Reference: Barker et al. 2012 Phytoneuron 39:1--60.
Mimetanthe pilosa (Benth.) Greene
NATIVE Habit: Annual 2--35 cm, densely long-soft-wavy-hairy. Leaf: 10--30 mm, lanceolate to oblong. Flower: pedicel generally 10--15 mm; calyx 6--7 mm, densely hairy, lobes unequal, 3--4 mm, +- = tube, obtuse; corolla semi-persistent, shriveling on the developing capsule, yellow, tube-throat 7--8 mm; placentas parietal. Fruit: 4--7 mm, chambers 2, dehiscent along the distal 1/3--1/2 both sutures, placentas fused. Seed: many, generally < 1 mm, ovoid, +- yellow to dark brown. Ecology: Moist, sandy areas, especially by small streams, disturbed areas; Elevation: < 2600 m. Bioregional Distribution: CA-FP, SNE, DMtns; Distribution Outside California: to Washington, Utah, Arizona, Baja California. Flowering Time: Apr--Aug Synonyms: Herpestris pilosa Benth.; Mimulus pilosus (Benth.) S. Watson Jepson eFlora Author: Naomi S. Fraga [TJM2 author David M. Thompson] Reference: Barker et al. 2012 Phytoneuron 39:1--60. Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Previous taxon: Mimetanthe Next taxon: Mimulus
Botanical illustration including Mimetanthe pilosa
Citation for this treatment: Naomi S. Fraga 2018, Mimetanthe pilosa, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, Revision 6, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=33500, accessed on April 19, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 19, 2024.
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