Phrymaceae
Orange bush monkeyflower
Diplacus aurantiacus
- Family
- Phrymaceae
- Genus
- Diplacus
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 石猴花
- English
- Orange bush monkeyflower, Bush monkeyflower, Orange bush monkey-flower, Sticky monkey-flower
- Slovenian
- Oranžni krinkar
Synonyms
- Diplacus aurantius G.Don
- Diplacus glutinosus (J.C.Wendl.) Nutt.
- Diplacus glutinosus var. aurantiacus (Curtis) Lindl.
- Diplacus glutinosus var. latifolius (Nutt.) Lindl. & Paxton
- Diplacus godronii Verschaff.
- Diplacus grandiflorus Greene
- Diplacus latifolius Nutt.
- Diplacus leptanthus Nutt.
- Diplacus longiflorus var. grandiflorus Jeps.
- Diplacus splendidus Verschaff.
- Diplacus verschaffeltii Verschaff.
- Mimulus aurantiacus Curtis
- Mimulus aurantiacus subsp. aurantiacus
- Mimulus aurantiacus var. splendens J.Muir
- Mimulus glutinosus J.C.Wendl.
- Mimulus leptanthus (Nutt.) A.L.Grant ex L.H.Bailey
- Mimulus meteor J.Muir
- Mimulus viscosus Moench
- Mimulus wilsonii D.Don ex Steud.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Dawn Endico from Menlo Park, California, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Malcolm Manners, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.