Yellow-and-white Monkeyflower
Mimulus bicolor
Yellow-and-white monkeyflower is a charming California annual of vernal seeps and wet flats, with two-toned blooms that follow the spring moisture.
- Family
- Phrymaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 0–1 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Bloom
- April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- white, red, yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, hummingbirds, butterflies, larval host
- Landscape uses
- border, container, rain garden
- Native states
- CA
Related native plants
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- Allegheny Monkeyflower (Mimulus ringens)
- Sharpwing Monkeyflower (Mimulus alatus)
- Bigelow's Monkeyflower (Mimulus bigelovii)
- Lewis's Monkeyflower (Mimulus lewisii)
- Primrose Monkeyflower (Mimulus primuloides)
- Kellogg's Monkeyflower (Mimulus kelloggii)