Pronunciation: MIM-yoo-lus per-PER-ee-us
Common name: Purple monkeyflower
Family: Scrophulariaceae (Figwort)
Habitat: Moist sandy places, along streamlets on gentle,
open slopes, from 6000' to 7500', yellow pine forest, San
Bernardino Mountains, RARE
Blooming period: May to July
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Mimulus
2) purpureus