CNPS Inventory Plant Detail

Mimulus cusickii

Common Name:	Cusick's monkeyflower
Family:	Phrymaceae
Synonyms:
Element Code:	PDSCR1B0V0
Full Name:	Mimulus cusickii (Greene) Rattan
USDA PLANTS Symbol:	MICU2

Biology
Lifeform: annual herb Blooming Period: May - August Habitat: roadsides, gravelly, scree, volcanic. • Great Basin scrub • Lower montane coniferous forest

Rarity Status
CA Rare Plant Rank: 2.3 Rare, threatened, or endangered in California, but more common elsewhere .3: Not very endangered in California Federal Listing Status: Not Listed State Listing Status: Not Listed State Rank: S2 S2: Imperiled. Global Rank: G4G5 G4: Apparently secure, considering populations outside California. G5: Secure, considering populations outside California.

Occurrence Data from DFG
California Natural Diversity Database

Total # of Known Element Occurrences: 5
Element Occurrence Ranks:

A B C D X U

0 1 0 0 0 4

Population Status:

Historic >20 yrs	Recent <=20 yrs
4	1

Presence:

Present Extant	Possibly Extirpated	Extirpated
5	0	0

Notes

Known in CA only from the southern Warner Mtns. See Pittonia 1:36 (1887) for original description, West Coast Botany, p. 63 (1898) by V. Rattan for revised nomenclature, and Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 11:281-283 (1924) and Systematic Botany Monographs 75:82 (2005) for taxonomic treatment.
To submit rare plant observation data, use the CNDDB field survey form. Please see also the CNPS Rare Plant Data page.
Date Added: 2001-01-01
Last Update: 2011-02-08

Location

Elevation: 600 - 1830 meters

California Endemic: no

States: California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington

California Counties and Islands: name (code)
Modoc (MOD)

Quads: name (DWR code) USGS code
Warren Peak (690B) 41120D2, Eagle Peak (690C) 41120C2, Shields Creek (691A) 41120D3, Dorris Reservoir (691B) 41120D4, Hermit Butte (693D) 41120C7, Payne Peak (708D) 41120E3

Notes:

Definitions of codes preceding a county and/or quad:
*		Presumed extirpated
?		Uncertain about distribution or identity
?*		Uncertain about distribution, but presumed extirpated if once present
(?)		Occurrence confirmed, but possibly extirpated

Species may be present in other areas where conditions are favorable.

Presumed Extant

Presumed Extirpated or Unknown

1970

Links to Leading Resources of Taxon Information
USDA PLANTS Calflora CalPhotos Consortium of California Herbaria California Department of Fish and Game: CNDDB Quick Viewer

Suggested Citation
California Native Plant Society (CNPS). Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants (online edition, v8-01a). California Native Plant Society. Sacramento, CA. Accessed on .

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