Diplacus grandiflorus - Slender monkey flower

Slender monkey flower (Diplacus grandiflorus, formerly Mimulus grandiflorus) is a showy California native sub-shrub of granitic soils, visited by hummingbirds, that goes semi-deciduous if left dry through summer.¹ It grows 0.3-0.7 m tall and 0.3-1 m wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Full sun¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Well drained soil¹

Type

• Shrub

Functions

• Flammable²
• Pollination¹

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	0.3-0.7
Diameter (m)	0.3-1

Footnotes

1. Diplacus grandiflorus ‘Adelaide’, Slender Monkey Flower | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time 3 seconds ↩