Common name
English: Common monkeyflower
German: Gefleckte Gauklerblume
Portuguese: Mimulus
English: Common monkeyflower
German: Gefleckte Gauklerblume
Portuguese: Mimulus
Kingdom: Plantae (2653)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2566)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2162)
Order: Scrophulariales (79)
Family: Scrophulariaceae (40)(family description)
Genus: Mimulus (1)
Epithet: guttatus DC. (1)
Synonyms: Mimulus arvensis Greene, Mimulus bakeri Gandog.
arvensis => growing in fields
guttatus => dotted or spotted, as by drops
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow
Check for Mimulus guttatus at
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