Sometimes we fall into the trap of thinking that California native plants are less colorful and interesting than the great many nonnative options. The genus that proves conclusively that natives can ...

Alameda resident Richard Persoff has devoted 20 years to taming the native bush monkey flower, Mimulus aurantiacus. Although his professional background as a chemist, photographer and insurance ...

Today’s column is about a California native shrub that widely available and a fine addition to the garden. The plant is the Sticky Monkey Flower (Mimulus aurantiacus, or Diplacus aurantiacus). Its ...

Climate change can negatively impact plant–pollinator interactions, and reduce outcross pollination. For reproductive assurance, an increased capacity for autonomous selfing should benefit the ...

The monkeyflower, or Mimulus, though possessing a relatively simple genome is able to produce a stunning array of pigmentation patterns. A team of researchers is one step closer to understanding ...

A maximum of eight pots were seeded per family (40 per extended family) on 9 March 2001 in the University of Kansas greenhouses. As some families were short of seed, the total number of pots was ...

We describe the geographical variation of corolla and nectar guide size in seven populations of Mimulus luteus (Phrymaceae) in central Chile, and examine whether flower phenotypes associate with ...

I love monkey flowers with their pretty little faces. There are many species of monkey flower (Mimulus) — some sticky, some not — and of course many hybrids. Their blooms may be red, white, yellow, ...

Scientists who study monkeyflowers sometimes feel as though the plants are looking back at them. The blooms are said to resemble the faces of playful monkeys—hence the name—complete with a speckled ...