Mimulus ‘Hendersonii’

Probably a Mimulus hybrid or cultivar, perhaps one of the ‘still more beautiful varieties’ mentioned in The Gardeners’ Chronicle.  [Gard. Chron. 1852].  I have found no description.

 

Horticultural & Botanical History

For more information on Mimulus as florists’ flowers see Mimulus luteus L.

 

History at Camden Park

Listed only in the 1850 and 1857 catalogues [H.149/1850].

 

Notes

Published Jan 29, 2009 - 06:19 AM | Last updated Sep 05, 2011 - 04:48 AM

The image depicts a number of cultivars of Mimulus in shades of red and yellow. Curtis's Botanical Magazine t.5478, 1864.

Mimulus varieties | BM t.5478/1864 | BHL.  Hendersonii probably looked like one of these.

 

More details about Mimulus ‘Hendersonii’
Family Scrophulariaceae
Category
Region of origin

Garden origin, probably England
Synonyms
Common Name

Monkey musk, Yellow monkey flower
Name in the Camden Park Record

Mimulus Hendersonii

 
Confidence level low