Clinopodium mimuloides

Clinopodium mimuloides is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name monkeyflower savory.[1] It is endemic to California.[2]

Clinopodium mimuloides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Clinopodium
Species:
C. mimuloides
Binomial name
Clinopodium mimuloides
Synonyms
  • Satureja mimuloides

The plant can be found from the Santa Lucia Mountains to the San Gabriel Mountains in Central California and Southern California. It grows in chaparral, and woodlands, and moist places.[3]

Description

Clinopodium mimuloides is a perennial herb or small shrub growing erect to about 2 metres (6.6 ft) in height.[4] The slender branches are hairy, the herbage aromatic. The leaves have toothed or wavy edges and are up to 8 centimeters long by 6 wide.

Flowers occur in the leaf axils. Each is tubular and may be over 3 centimeters long. The flowers are salmon pink in color, and as the plant's name suggests, resemble those of some Mimulus species.

References
  1. "Clinopodium mimuloides". ucjeps.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
  2. "Clinopodium mimuloides (Benth.) Kuntze | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  3. "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  4. "Clinopodium mimuloides". ucjeps.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2023-04-30.


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