Pronunciation: MIM-yoo-lus JON-ston-ee-eye
Common name: Johnston's monkeyflower
Family: Phrymaceae (Lopseed)
Habitat: Dry gravelly slopes, roadbanks, disturbed
areas, scree, mostly yellow pine forest, 4000-9000',
San Gabriels to Kern, Santa Barbara and San Diego
Counties
Blooming period: May to July
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Mimulus
2) johnstonii