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 Mimulus primuloides 



I. SPECIES INFORMATION 



1. SCIENTIFIC NAME: Mimulus primuloides Benth. 



2. COMMON NAME: primrose monkey-flower. 



3. FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae (Figwort Family). 



4. GENUS: The genus Mimulus is quite large. It is 

 best developed in western North America, however 

 native species occur in parts of Asia, Africa, and 

 Australia. According to Hitchcock et ai. (1955- 

 1969) , there are over 114 species in North 

 America. 



5. SPECIES: Dorn (1984) recognizes the presence of 

 10 species of Mimulus in Montana. Mimulus 

 primuloides is separated from other species in the 

 state by a suite of characters. These include; 

 flowers that are yellow, leaves that are 

 palmately-veined, with three to seven main veins 

 arising at or near the base of the leaf, and 

 subequal calyx teeth. 



B. PRESENT LEGAL OR OTHER FORMAL STATUS 



1. FEDERAL STATUS 



a. U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE: No status. 



b. U.S. FOREST SERVICE: Mimulus primuloides is 

 currently included on the U.S. Forest Service 

 list of sensitive species for Region 1 (U.S. 

 Department of Agriculture 1988) . Objectives 

 and policy of the U.S. Forest Service provide 

 for the management and protection of 

 sensitive species under sections 2670.22 and 

 2670.32 in the 1984 Forest Service Manual. 

 Under these guidelines, the Forest Service is 

 to (a) "maintain viable populations of all 

 native species of plants" (2670.22), and (b) 

 "avoid or minimize impacts to species whose 

 viability has been identified as a concern" 



(2670.32.3) . 



2. STATE: Mimulus primuloides is listed as 

 "apparently secure globally (G4) , though it may be 

 quite rare in parts of its range, especially at 

 the periphery", by the Montana Natural Heritage 



