Common Monkeyflower – Native Plant of the Day 06/17/2020
Photo from 06/12/2011. Location: Lucky Peak Area, Ada County, ID.
More info at the Mimulus guttatus detail page.
Also NPOD 06/04/2012, 06/04/2013, 06/04/2014, 06/09/2015, 06/17/2016, 06/17/2017, 06/17/2018, 06/17/2019
Common Monkeyflower – Mimulus Guttatus
July 28, 2016…Allendale, MI 49401… It says that this flower grows along swamp beds, however, we are having such a dry summer that our lawns have gone dormant except for carpets of the Mimulus guttatus; it is EVERYWHERE! It’s a lovely thing to ser, but, after 55 Michigan summers I’ve never seeing this dainty, orchid like flower in such abundance! My friend flies the area using a drone, with permission and he has gotten spectacular footage of the lawns and fields thick with this. Wish I understood why now of all summers. It is so dry.