Vascular Plants of Henry W. Coe State Park, published by Mindbird Maps & Books

Mimulus douglasii
Purple Mouse-ears; Chinless Mouse-ears

A member of the Scrophulariaceae, or the Figwort Family


Above: Flowers in great detail, many times larger than life.

Photo copyright © by Dave Hildebrand.
Used with permission.




Habit, along Corral Trail.
Flanked by Lotus sp.

12 March 2005.

Photograph copyright © by Gena Zolotar.
Used with permission.




Above and below: An unusually large concentration of these plants.
Along China Hole Trail before junction with Cougar Trail in burned area.
There is a seedling of Ceanothus cuneatus at left; the long strap-shaped
leaves at upper right belong to Chlorogalum pomeridianum.

22 February 1995, 11:55 am.

Photographs copyright © by Lee Dittmann.





More typical spacing of this species at Coe Park, from the back.
The slopes of Mahoney Ridge are in the background.  This view is on the grassy slopes
below the old China Hole Trail (and above the newer alignment) near Manzanita Point (in the original understanding of the point as shown on USGS maps, not the group camp area.)

12 March 1993, ca. 5:00 pm.

Photograph copyright © by Lee Dittmann.




Mouse-ears in the grass.

Willow Ridge Trail above the spring.

March 1998.

Photo copyright © by Scott and Sandi Stevenson.
Used with permission.



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