General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 8b -9.4 °C (15 °F) to -6.7 °C (20 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Plant Height: 3 - 4 feet, possibly 5 feet
Plant Spread: 2 - 4 feet, possibly 5 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Other: Sticky, 2-3 inch long; upper surface dark green, lower surface, hairy, light green; edges often curled under.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Orange
Yellow
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Birds
Bees
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Sticky Monkeyflower
  • Orange Bush Monkeyflower
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Diplacus aurantiacus
  • Synonym: Diplacus glutinosus
  • Synonym: Mimulus aurantiacus
  • Synonym: Diplacus aurantiacus subsp. aurantiacus
  • Synonym: Mimulus glutinosus
  • Synonym: Mimulus latifolius

Photo Gallery
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-06-24
Location: RHS Hyde Hall, Essex.UK.
Date: 2022-07-25
Location: California
Date: July 2022
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-04-03
San Elijo Lagoon
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-08-14
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-10-10
Location: Redding, California (private dry garden)
Date: 2018-05-06
Diplacus aurantiacus

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
Location: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California
Date: 2013-04-22
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-08-14
Location: Santa Barbara Botanical Gardens, CA
Date: May 5, 2010 4:02 PM
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Date: 2017-10-10
Location: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California
Date: 2006-06-10
Location: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California
Date: 2012-06-02
Location: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California
Date: 2012-04-30
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Date: 2017-10-10
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
Location: My garden
Date: 2016-05-02
Location: in my garden
Date: 2017-05-07
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-04-03
San Elijo Lagoon
Location: Charmlee Park, Malibu, California
Date: 2005-04-02
This was in a native plant garden but the local wild form is not
Location: Chatsworth, California
Date: 2010-03-15
Location: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California
Date: 2011-12-07
Location: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California
Date: 2006-06-10
Once in a while a white-flowering plant occurs
Location: Sticky monkey flower (Mimulus aurantiacus) on Butano State Park Canyon Trail
Date: 2009-05-04
Photo courtesy of: Miguel Vieira
Location: Santa Barbara Botanical Gardens, CA
Date: May 5, 2010 4:02 PM

Date: 2012-06-02
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: April 26, 2014

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