Monkeyflowers
Mimulus
Mimulus , also known as monkeyflowers, is a plant genus in the family Phrymaceae, which was traditionally placed in family Scrophulariaceae. The genus now contains only seven species, two native to eastern North America and the other five native to Asia, Australia, Africa, or Madagascar. In the past, about 150 species were placed in this genus, most of which have since been assigned to other genera, the majority to genus Erythranthe.
Mimulus species prefer wet or moist areas and are not drought resistant. Several are cultivated as ornamental garden plants. The cultivar 'Highland Red' has received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Allegheny monkeyflower
speciesMimulus ringens
sharpwing monkeyflower
speciesMimulus alatus
Slender Monkeyflower
speciesMimulus gracilis
Erect Monkeyflower
speciesMimulus strictus
Mimulus alatus × ringens
hybridMimulus alatus × ringens
Mimulus orbicularis
speciesMimulus orbicularis
Madagascar Monkeyflower
speciesMimulus madagascariensis
Mimulus aquatilis
speciesMimulus aquatilis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 771807.