Phrymaceae
Southern bush monkeyflower
Diplacus longiflorus
- Family
- Phrymaceae
- Genus
- Diplacus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Southern bush monkeyflower
Synonyms
- Diplacus arachnoideus Greene
- Diplacus aurantiacus var. longiflorus (Nutt.) D.J.Keil
- Diplacus glutinosus var. pubescens Torr.
- Diplacus speciosus Burtt Davy
- Mimulus aurantiacus var. pubescens (Torr.) D.M.Thomps.
- Mimulus glutinosus var. brachypus A.Gray
- Mimulus longiflorus (Nutt.) A.L.Grant ex L.H.Bailey
- Mimulus longiflorus subsp. longiflorus
- Mimulus longiflorus var. longiflorus
Flowers
- In flower
- March to June (from 2,531 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos

FlowerPhoto: Jason Schock, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Cristhian Mace, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jesse Rorabaugh, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: velodrome, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Diego Blanco, CC0, from iNaturalist Photo: Jesse Rorabaugh, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: klicklo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jonas Katona, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.