Calflora
Taxon  Report   5489    
Mimulus aurantiacus  Curtis  
(no longer an active name; please see Diplacus aurantiacus)
Bush monkey flower,  Island monkeyflower, Sticky monkeyflower
Mimulus aurantiacus, a dicot, is a shrub that is native to California, is found only slightly beyond California borders, Baja California.
also called Diplacus aurantiacus
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: Mimulus

Wetlands: Occurs usually in non wetlands, occasionally in wetlands

Habitat: coastal, disturbed

Communities: Northern Coastal Scrub, Coastal Sage Scrub, Closed-cone Pine Forest, Redwood Forest, Yellow Pine Forest, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Northern Oak Woodland, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, Joshua Tree Woodland

Name Status:
Accepted in JM93

PLANTS other name:
Diplacus aurantiacus ssp. aurantiacus

JEF other name:
Diplacus aurantiacus

 Alternate Names:
ICPN: Mimulus puniceus
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NOTE: Mimulus aurantiacus is no longer an active name.
More information about  Mimulus aurantiacus
Nursery availability from CNPLX
This plant is available commercially.
Jepson eFlora

USDA PLANTS Profile (DIAUA)


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: Jul 12, 2020).