General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: In Water
Wet
Wet Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 2 -45.6 °C (-50 °F) to -42.8 °C (-45°F)
Plant Height: To 15 inches
Plant Spread: To 8 inchs
Leaves: Semi-evergreen
Fruit: Showy
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Inflorescence Height: To 15 inches
Uses: Groundcover
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting

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Common names
  • Creek Monkeyflower
  • Seep Monkeyflower
  • Monkey Flower
  • Yellow Monkey Flower
  • Golden Monkey-Flower
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Erythranthe guttata
  • Synonym: Mimulus guttatus var. puberulus
  • Synonym: Mimulus guttatus
  • Synonym: Mimulus grandiflorus

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Location: St Louis - MoBOT
Location: Albion Basin, Alta, Utah, United States
Date: 2020-08-12
Location: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California
Date: 2010-03-25
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-06-11
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-06-02
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-06-09

Photo: Christophermluna
Location: Common monkeyflower (Mimulus guttatus) on Prairie Creek Redwoods Miner's Ridge Trail
Date: 2009-06-10
Photo courtesy of: Miguel Vieira

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
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Location: Yellow Fork Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
Date: 2020-08-12
Location: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California
Date: 2010-03-25
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-06-02

Credit florum

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
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Photo Credit: NPS/Keir Morse

By Walter Siegmund (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/

By Walter Siegmund (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/

Photo: Walter Siegmund (talk)

Photo: Walter Siegmund (talk)
Location: Sherwood Oregon 
Date: 2016-07-17
Location: Sherwood Oregon 
Date: 2016-07-17

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
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Photo by SongofJoy
Location: Beartooth Range in Wyoming
Date: 2013-07-24
Location: Beartooth Range in Wyoming
Date: 2013-07-24
Location: Beartooth Range in Wyoming
Date: 2013-07-24
Location: Yellow Fork Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
Date: 2020-08-12
Location: Yellow Fork Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
Date: 2020-08-12
Location: New Zealand (introduced)
Image by Spencer C. H. Barrett, University of Toronto
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Comments:
  • Posted by SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Dec 6, 2012 7:00 AM concerning plant:
    Mimulus guttatus is cultivated in the specialty horticulture trade. It is an ornamental plant used for traditional gardens, natural landscapes, native plantings, and habitat gardens.

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