Lewis's Monkeyflower
Mimulus lewisii
Lewis's monkeyflower is a showy perennial of western mountain streamsides, with large rose-pink snapdragon-like flowers that draw hummingbirds. Loves cool, wet ground.
- Family
- Phrymaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Bloom
- June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- pink
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, hummingbirds, butterflies, larval host
- Landscape uses
- border, rain garden, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AK, CA, CO, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY
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- Yellow-and-white Monkeyflower (Mimulus bicolor)