Scientific Name: Mimulus 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:
Leaves: Simple, Opposite, Lanceolate
Flowers: Raceme, Orange, Yellow, Red, Jul-Aug-Sep
Fruit:
Key ID Features:
Leaves narrow, 3-4cm long, sticky; flowers funnel shaped with white throat, opens with five petals (2 up, 2 down and out, and 1 down the middle like a tongue).