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Slender Monkey Flower

Mimulus gracilis

Also called Slender Monkeyflower

Slender Monkey Flower
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0
Family
Phrymaceae (Phrym family)
Grows as
Perennial
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
N. Nigeria, Ethiopia to S. Africa, SW. Arabian Pen., Assam, C. Myanmar, Australi
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Mimulus gracilis the slender monkey flower is a species of monkey flower found in Africa and Australia.

In Australia it is found in all mainland states, in low areas after flooding, near claypans, swamps and creeks.

Other Mimulus plants

Sharpwing monkeyflower · Allegheny monkeyflower · Monkey Flower

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mimulus gracilis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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