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Erythranthe inconspicua
Smallflower monkeyflower is a small, uncommon annual wildflower from the western Sierra Nevada foothills of California, with tiny pink flowers. It is grown mainly by enthusiasts and native-plant gardeners who keep it cool, moist and partly shaded.
Erythranthe inconspicua, synonym Mimulus inconspicuus, is an uncommon species of monkeyflower known by the common name smallflower monkeyflower.
It is endemic to California, where it is known only from the western foothills of the central and southern Sierra Nevada, from El Dorado County south. It grows mainly in moist areas with partial shade from 200 to 2,100 meters elevation.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Erythranthe inconspicua by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
