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Rockjasmine Monkeyflower

Erythranthe androsacea

Rockjasmine Monkeyflower
Photo: Mike Heine, CC BY 4.0

Rockjasmine monkeyflower is a tiny annual wildflower native to California that grows only a few centimeters tall, with small pink to reddish-purple flowers. It needs moist conditions and cool-to-mild weather, and it is best grown in a damp spot or pot kept consistently wet.

Family
Phrymaceae (Phrym family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist and never let it dry out completely.
Soil
Moist, humus-rich, well-draining mix such as a loam with added organic matter.
Temperature
10–24 °C; protect from frost and sustained heat above 30 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. California
Climate
subtropical

About

Erythranthe androsacea is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name rockjasmine monkeyflower. It was formerly known as Mimulus androsaceus.

Where it grows

It is endemic to California, where its distribution spans between the Coast Ranges north of the San Francisco Bay Area to the Mojave Desert, and the Transverse Ranges and Peninsular Ranges.

Other Erythranthe plants

Wingstem Monkeyflower · Sand Loving Monkeyflower · Bearded Monkeyflower · Yellow And White Monkeyflower · Short Flowered Monkeyflower · Brewer's Monkeyflower · Erythranthe calciphila · Cardinal monkey flower · Carson Valley monkeyflower · Arizona Big Red Monkeyflower · Erythranthe cuprea · Coastal Monkeyflower

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Erythranthe androsacea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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