Phrymaceae monkeyflowers 1-11

Native Monkeyflowers for Western L.A. County – Family Phrymaceae (formerly Scrophulariaceae)
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Scientific Name

Common Name

Size

Flower/
season

Light**

Soil

Water
Zone+

Availability

Notes

1, 3, 6-14, 16,
17, 20, 21,
23-26, 28
1, 3, 6-8, 1014, 16, 17, 20,
21, 24, 25, 28
1, 3, 10, 13,
18
1, 3, 6-8, 1014, 16, 17, 20,
21, 24, 25, 28
3, 7, 8, 11-14,
16, 20-24, 26,
28
3, 7, 8, 10-14,
16, 20, 21, 24,
26, 28

Palos Verdes,
SMM; ‘Canary
Frills’

Smaller Sub-shrubs ( < 6 ft. tall): part woody
X

Diplacus aurantiacus
ssp. aurantiacus

Orange Bush
Monkeyflower

2-3 ft &
wide

Pale orange/
W-Sp

PS (morning
sun OK)

Sandy

1-2 to 2

X

* Diplacus grandiflorus
/Mimulus bifidis

Large-flower
Monkeyflower

1-2 ft tall
2-4 ft wide

Pale orange/
Sp-Su

FS/PS

Sandy/
rocky

1-2 to 2

X Diplacus linearis

Chaparral Bush
Monkeyflower

2-3 ft tall
1-2 ft wide

Yellow/W-Sp

FS/PS

Welldrained

1 to 1-2

X * Diplacus longiflorus

Southern Bush
Monkeyflower

2-3 ft &
wide

Yellow to
white/ W-Sp

PS (morning
sun OK)

Welldrained

1-2 to 2

X Diplacus parviflorus

Island Bush
Monkeyflower

2-3 ft &
wide

Red /W-Sp

PS (morning
sun OK)

Welldrained

1-2 to 2

X Diplacus puniceus

Red Bush
Monkeyflower

2-3 ft &
wide

Darker
orange/Sp

PS (morning
sun OK)

Welldrained

1-2 to 2

Santa Susanna
Monkeyflower

2-3 ft &
wide

Brick Red/
Sp

PS (morning
sun OK)

Welldrained

1-2 to 2

* Diplacus rutilis

N. CA; ‘Cone
Peak’, ‘Esselen’

San Gabriels,
other foothills
S. Islands
S. Islands; Riv.
& San Diego Co.

3, 6

Cultivars & Hybrid Cultivars – smaller shrubs/sub-shrubs. At least one parent is a CA native Monkeyflower
*** Mimulus ‘Becky’
hybrid

2-3 ft &
wide

Apricot/ WSp

PS (morning
sun)

Welldrained

1-2 to 2

7

2-3 ft &
wide

OR-red/

PS (morning
sun OK)

Welldrained

1-2 to 2

8

*** Mimulus ‘Dos
Equis’ hybrid
*** Mimulus ‘Eleanor’
hybrid
*** Minulus ‘Georgie
Tangerine’ hybrid

‘Becky’ Hybrid
Monkeyflower
‘Descanso Ridge’
hybrid
Monkeyflower
‘Dos Equis’ hybrid
Monkeyflower
‘Eleanor’ hybrid
Monkeyflower
‘Georgie Tangerine
Monkeyflower

1-2 ft &
wide

Orange/

PS (morning
sun OK)

Welldrained

1-2 to 2

8

2-3 ft &
wide

Yellow-Gold/

PS (morning
sun OK)

Welldrained

1-2 to 2

8

2-3 ft &
wide

Orange/
W-Sp

FS/PS

Welldrained

1-2 to 2

8

*** Mimulus ‘Georgie
Red’ hybrid

‘Georgie Red’
Monkeyflower

2 ft tall &
wide

Red/ W-Sp

FS/PS

Welldrained

1-2 to 2

8

*** Mimulus ‘Descanso
Ridge’ hybrid

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Scientific Name
Yellow’ hybrid [AKA
‘Georgie Boy Yellow’]
White’ hybrid
*** Mimulus ‘Grady’
hybrid
*** Minulus ‘Hybrid
Orange’
*** Mimulus ‘Jack’
hybrid
*** Mimulus ‘Jellybean
Gold’ hybrid
*** Mimulus ‘Jellybean
Lemon’ hybrid
** Minulus ‘Jellybean
Light Orange’ hybrid
[AKA ‘Princess Laura’]
** Minulus ‘Jellybean
Orange’ hybrid
*** Mimulus ‘Maddie’
hybrid
*** Mimulus ‘Miranda’
hybrid
*** Minulus ‘Peach
Hybrid’
*** Mimulus ‘Phil’s
White’ hybrid
*** Minulus ‘Pumpkin’
hybrid
*** Mimulus ‘Ray’s
Yellow’ hybrid
*** Minulus ‘Ruby
Silver’ hybrid

Common Name

Size

Flower/
season

‘Georgie Yellow’
Monkeyflower

2-3 ft &
wide

Yellow/W-Sp

FS/PS

Welldrained

1-2 to 2

8

‘Georgie White’
Monkeyflower
‘Grady’ Hybrid
Monkeyflower
‘Hybrid Orange’
Monkeyflower
‘Jack’ Hybrid
Monkeyflower
‘Jellybean Gold’
Monkeyflower
‘Jellybean Lemon’
Monkeyflower

2-3 ft &
wide

White/W-Sp

FS/PS

Welldrained

1-2 to 2

8

2-3 ft &
wide

Gold/ W-Sp

PS (morning
sun)

Welldrained

1-2 to 2

7

2-3 ft &
wide

Or/W-Sp

FS/PS

Welldrained

1-2 to 2

8

2-3 ft &
wide

Burgundy /
W-Sp

PS (morning
sun)

Welldrained

1-2 to 2

7

1-2 ft tall &
wide

Gold/W-Sp

FS/PS

Welldrained

1-2 to 2

8

1-2 ft tall &
wide

Lemon
Yellow/W-Sp

FS/PS

Welldrained

1-2 to 2

8

‘Jellybean Light
Orange’ Monkeyflower

2-3 ft &
wide

Pale Or/
W-Sp

FS/PS

Welldrained

1-2 to 2

Formerly 8

‘Jellybean Orange’
Monkeyflower
‘Maddie’ Hybrid
Monkeyflower
‘Miranda’ Hybrid
Monkeyflower
‘Peach’ Hybrid
Monkeyflower
‘Phil’s White’
hybrid
Monkeyflower
‘Pumpkin’ Hybrid
Monkeyflower
‘Ray’s Yellow’
hybrid
Monkeyflower

1-2 ft tall &
wide

Dark Or/
W-Sp

FS/PS

Welldrained

1-2 to 2

8

2-3 ft &
wide

Pale cream/
W-Sp

PS (morning
sun)

Welldrained

1-2 to 2

7

2-3 ft &
wide

Pale Or/
W-Sp

PS (morning
sun)

Welldrained

1-2 to 2

7

2-3 ft &
wide

Or/ W-Sp

PS (morning
sun)

Welldrained

1-2 to 2

?

2-3 ft &
wide

White/Sp

PS (morning
sun OK)

Welldrained

1-2 to 2

8

1-2 ft &
wide

Or/ W-Sp

PS (morning
sun)

Welldrained

1-2 to 2

8

1-2 ft &
wide

Med. Yellow/

PS (morning
sun OK)

Welldrained

1-2 to 2

8

‘Ruby Silver’
Monkeyflower

1-2 ft &
wide

Med.
magenta/
W-Sp

PS (morning
sun)

Welldrained

1-2 to 2

8

Light**

Soil

Water
Zone+

Availability

Notes

2

Scientific Name

Common Name

Size

Flower/
season

Light**

Soil

*** Mimulus ‘Sam’
hybrid

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‘Sam’ Hybrid
Monkeyflower

2-3 ft &
wide

Pale Yellow/
W-Sp

PS (morning
sun)

Welldrained

1-2 to 2

7, 8

1-2 ft tall &
wide

Med. Oran/

PS (morning
sun OK)

Welldrained

1-2 to 2

8

Oran.-pink/

PS (morning
sun OK)

Welldrained

1-2 to 2

8

1-2 ft &
wide

Dusky Rose/
W-Sp

PS (morning
sun)

Welldrained

1-2 to 2

7, 8

2-3 ft &
wide

Red/ W-Sp

FS/PS

Welldrained

1-2 to 2

8

(Mimulus aurantiacus
x M. puniceus hybrid)

*** Mimulus ‘Soquel
Yellow’ hybrid
*** Mimulus ‘Sunset’
hybrid
*** Mimulus ‘Trish’
hybrid
*** Mimulus ‘Valentine’
hybrid

‘Soquel Yellow’
hybrid
Monkeyflower
‘Sunset’ hybrid
Monkeyflower
‘Trish’ Hybrid
Monkeyflower
‘Valentine’ hybrid
Monkeyflower

Water
Zone+

Availability

Notes

Herbaceous Perennials: not woody or woody only at very base
Scarlet
Monkeyflower

To 3 ft

Orange
red/Sp-Fa

FS/PS

any

2-3 to 3

1, 3, 6, 8,
10-14, 16,
19-21, 24

easy

** Mimulus cardinalis
'Santa Cruz Island Gold'

'Santa Cruz Island
Gold' Monkeyflower

1-2 ft tall &
wide

Gold/Sp-Su

FS/PS

any

2-3 to 3

8, 13, 19

Good for
pondside

** Mimulus cardinalis
'Yellow'

‘Yellow’ Scarlet
Monkeyflower

1-2 ft tall &
wide

Yellow/
Sp-Su

FS/PS

any

2-3 to 3

3, 13

X

Mimulus moschatus
(var. moniliformis)

Musk
Monkeyflower

1-2 ft tall &
wide

Yellow/
Sp-Su

FS/PS

any

2-3 to 3

8

X

* Mimulus primuloides
ssp. primuloides

Primrose
Monkeyflower

1 ft tall
1-2 ft wide

Yellow/
Sp-Su

FS/PS

any

2-3 to 3

8

Mt Pinos, San
Bernardino Mtns

X

* Mimulus primuloides
ssp. linearifolius

Monkey-Moss

< 6 in. tall
spreading

Yellow/
Sp-Su

FS/PS

Most

2-3 to 3

8, 13

Native to N. CA

Many blooms

X Mimulus cardinalis

Herbaceous Annuals –
X Mimulus brevipes
Mimulus floribundus

no water after flowering
Widethroat Yellow
Monkeyflower

2-3 ft tall

Yellow/
W-Spr

FS/PS

Sandy or
rocky

1-2 to
2-3

10, 13

Many-flowered
Monkeyflower

1-2 ft tall &
wide

Yellow/
Sp-Su

FS/PS

any

2-3 to 3

?

3

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Scientific Name

X Mimulus guttatus
X * Mimulus parishii
X * Mimulus pictus

Common Name

Size

Flower/
season

Seep
Monkeyflower

1-5 ft tall

Yellow/
W-Sp

FS

Any

1 ft tall &
wide

Pale pink /
Sp-Su

FS

< 6 in tall
& wide

Maroon-wht/
Sp

PS

Parish’s
Monkeyflower
Calico
Monkeyflower

Light**

Soil

Water
Zone+

Availability

Notes

2-3 to 3

1-3, 5, 6, 8,
10, 12, 13, 16,
19, 24

Easy in moist
soils

Any/
sandy

2 to 3

3, 5, 8, 10-13,
16, 19, 21, 24

Desert Mtns;
pondside

Welldrained

2 to 3

8, 19

Sierra foothills
2/26/2011

I : X = Gardening Information Sheet :http://nativeplantscsudh.blogspot.com/p/gallery-of-native-plants.html or at the Madrona Marsh Nature Center
* may not be immediately local, but is a CA native plant
++
+

** horticultural cultivar

light: FS=full sun; PS=part shade; FSH=full shade
Water Zones: 1 = no summer water; 1-2 = very occasional summer water (several times per summer); 2 = let soil dry out between waterings;
2-3 some regular summer water (about once a week); 3 = regular watering/moist soil (like a conventional lawn)

Availability: numbers correspond to the Plant and Seed Sources List at: http://nativeplantscsudh.blogspot.com/p/where-to-purchase-native-plants.html

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