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Erythranthe purpurea
Erythranthe purpurea is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name little purple monkeyflower. It was formerly known as Mimulus purpureus.
It is native to southern California and northern Baja California. It is known from only about 20 occurrences in the Big Bear Lake area of the San Bernardino Mountains in Southern California, and it is also known from the Sierra de Juarez in northern Baja California. It grows in moist habitat in mountain meadows, including the quartz pebble plain habitat type.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Erythranthe purpurea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
