Mimulus guttatus - Seep monkeyflower

Seep monkeyflower (Mimulus guttatus) is a perennial herb native to wet seeps and streambanks in North America, its young shoots and leaves edible with a somewhat bitter taste.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Full sun¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Moist soil¹
• Wet soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Medicinal use¹

Type

• Perennial

Functions

• Fire resistance²

Footnotes

1. Mimulus guttatus | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹²

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩