| Scientific Name: | Diplacus aurantiacus |
| Common Name: | monkey flower |
| Family Name: | Phrymaceae |
| Origin: | U.S. - northwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching |
| Form: | Weeping |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Bedding plant, Container planting, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Sessile, Leathery, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Lanceolate, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Raceme, Orange, Yellow, Red, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Oct-Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves sessile, opposite, most narrowly elliptic, 5-7cm long x 0.7-1.7cm wide, sticky, margin entire-serrulate; flowers funnel shaped, with white throat, opens with five yellow-orange to orange petals (2 up, 2 down and out, and 1 down the middle like a tongue). | |