National Botanic Garden of Wales, United Kingdom

Common name: Bush Monkey Flower, Orange Bush Monkey Flower, Orange Monkey Flower

Family: Phrymaceae (Lopseed family)

Distribution: U.S.A.

Hardiness: (H2) Tender-cool or frost free glasshouse 1 to 5°C (USDA 10b)

Life form: Evergreen shrub/sub-shrub • Llwyn bytholwyrdd

Geirdarddiad / Etymology: Mimulus (MIM-yoo-luss): Ape-flower (the flowers mimic a monkey's face).

Geirdarddiad / Etymology: aurantiacus (aw-ran-ti-AYE-kus): Orange-red coloured.

Dyfarniadau / Awards: RHS Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

Description: A bushy shrub to 1.5m in height, with narrow-oblong leaves on very sticky stems. Flowers trumpet-shaped, to 3cm in length, salmon-orange, yellow or orange-red, borne in the upper leaf axils in late summer.