This tricolor monkeyflower (Mimulus tricolor) grows in seasonal wetlands called vernal pools. This particular specimen was blooming in a vernal pool in the Vina Plains Preserve of the Nature Conservancy near Chico, California in the northern Sacramento Valley. We were introduced to vernal pools while we were in college and have had a keen interest in them ever since. They are unique to California and have been greatly impacted by agricultural and urban development.
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