Mimulus sp.

Species category

Flower, Weed

Common name

monkeyflower

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

True seedTrue seed:
A mature fertilized ovule consisting of an embryo, with or without and external food reserve (e.g., endosperm) enclosed by the testa.

Shape

OvalOval:
Broadly elliptic.

Size

  • Length 0.6–0.8 mm
  • Width 0.4–0.6 mm
  • Thickness 0.2–0.4 mm

Color

Brown

Texture

Wrinkled; some wrinkles arranged longitudinally.

Other structures

HilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
is at base.

Identification notes

Some seeds are moderately obovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.
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Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Scrophulariaceae

Valid name

Mimulus L.

 Mimulus  sp. Seeds that are wrinkled with some wrinkles arranged longitudinally. 
Mimulus sp. Seeds that are wrinkled with some wrinkles arranged longitudinally.