General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 3 feet
Plant Spread: 2 feet
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Red
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Division

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Common names
  • Scarlet Monkey Flower
  • Scarlet Monkeyflower
  • Crimson Monkey-Flower
  • Scarlet Monkey-Flower
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Erythranthe cardinalis
  • Synonym: Mimulus cardinalis

Photo Gallery
Location: Tucson Desert Museum
Date: 21 March 2016
Spring in the Sonoran Desert

Photo by Curtis Clark

Date: c. 1837
illustration from 'Paxton's Magazine of Botany', 1837
Location: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California
Date: 2009-07-09
Location: Denver metro CO
Date: 2011-07-18
Survived zone 5 winter, true-to-color.
Location: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California
Date: 2007-07-27
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2009-09-30
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2014-08-28
Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2013-06-13
Photo by molanic
Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2016-03-14
Gold Form

Date: August
credit: Jason Hollinger

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
Location: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California
Date: 2007-07-27

Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2009-10-05
Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2016-05-01
Zone 9b.
Comments:
  • Posted by Skiekitty (Denver Metro - Zone 5a) on Apr 14, 2014 12:47 PM concerning plant:
    Needs more water than I was willing to give it (not xeric). Beautiful red flowers, but smaller plant (less than 1foot tall).
  • Posted by robertduval14 (Milford, New Hampshire - Zone 5b) on Dec 17, 2013 6:06 PM concerning plant:
    Hummingbirds love the heavy nectar load this flower produces.
Discussion Threads about this plant
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Thanks Toni! by chelle Aug 29, 2014 10:21 PM 0

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