Primrose Monkeyflower
Mimulus primuloides
Primrose monkeyflower is a tiny, mat-forming perennial of wet montane meadows, dotting the ground with bright yellow flowers over creeping rosettes.
- Family
- Phrymaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1.5–1.5 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–2 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- wet, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- red, orange, yellow, brown
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, hummingbirds, butterflies, larval host
- Landscape uses
- groundcover, container, rain garden, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- CA, ID, MT, OR
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)
- Kellogg's Monkeyflower (Mimulus kelloggii)
- Yellow-and-white Monkeyflower (Mimulus bicolor)