Scientific Name: Mimulus puniceus
Date Collected: April 23, 2011
Location Collected: At UCLA Botanical Garden at the other side of Hilgard Street towards Manning Street facing toward the street at the upper region near a fence.
Habitiat: Lives and grows in a full sun environments, and prefers to grow in partial shade inlands, presumably the near coast with a full sun exposure.
Nativity: Native to Southern California, this plant is distributed and introduced only in parts of California on the North American continent.
Special Notes: Also known as the Diplacus puniceus, this plant requires a well drained soil and are not tolerant to cold weather because they have frozen at 27 degrees Farenheit, and to the ground at 22 degrees Farenheit. The taxon of the plant is also undergoing changes in name.
Resources: ITIS Standard Report Page
Calflora- Mimulus puniceus
Las Pilitas Nursery- Diplacus puniceus
USDA Plants- Mimulus puniceus
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