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Phrymaceae
Erythranthe guttata
Erythranthe guttata
Also known as Mimulus guttatus var. platycalyx, Mimulus guttatus var. cupriphilus, Mimulus prionophyllus, Mimulus guttatus subsp. haidensis
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Monkeyflower · Wildflower · Yellow Flowers · Phrymaceae · Bog Plant · Pollinator · Hummingbird Plant · Streamside · Native Wildflower · Water Garden
Erythranthe guttata, commonly known as yellow monkeyflower, is a cheerful perennial wildflower that thrives in moist to wet soils along stream banks, bog gardens, or consistently irrigated garden beds. It grows quickly and produces abundant bright yellow flowers that attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds throughout summer. Plant in full sun to partial shade and ensure the soil never dries out completely for best flowering performance.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist; does not tolerate prolonged drying out · Every 5-7 days during growing season
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–8
- Temperature
- 0°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Arizona, Austria, Baltic States, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Central European Rus, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds
Sources: trefle, usda
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