Calflora
Taxon  Report   13493    
Erythranthe guttata  (DC.) G.L. Nesom
Yellow monkey flower
Erythranthe guttata, a dicot, is an annual or perennial herb (rhizomatous) that is native to California, is also found outside of California, but is confined to North America.
also called Mimulus guttatus
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial

Bloom Period
Family: PHRYMACEAE  
Genus: Erythranthe

Wetlands: Occurs in wetlands

Habitat: coastal, meadows

Communities: Coastal Strand, Northern Coastal Scrub, Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest, Subalpine Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, Valley Grassland, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, (many plant communities), wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF

 Alternate Names:
JEF: Mimulus clementinus
JEF: Mimulus langsdorffii var. minimus
JEF: Mimulus langsdorffii var. platyphyllus
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More information about  Erythranthe guttata
Nursery availability from CNPLX
This plant is available commercially.
Jepson eFlora

Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)

Landscape information from Calscape

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Consortium of California Herbaria 2

Suggested Citation
Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria. [web application]. 2020. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/   (Accessed: Sep 28, 2020).