Mimulus aurantiacus Curt.
Frost hardy, erect, laxly branching shrub with toothed, lance-shaped, sticky leaves, and leafy racemes of open trumpet-shaped flowers of very variable colour, from yellow to orange or dark red, to 4.5cm long, with wavy petal margins, in summer and autumn. To 1m. [RHSE, Hilliers'].
Horticultural & Botanical History
‘The present species of Mimulus, equal in point of shew to most of the inhabitants of our greenhouses, to which situation it is adapted, flowered this Summer with Mr. Colvill, Nursery-man, King's-Road. […] This plant flowers during most of the Summer, and is increased by cuttings. We know not with certainty of what country its a native.’ [BM t.354/1796]. Flore des Serres figures the variety grandiflorus. [FS f.883/1853]. Cultivated in Europe since at least 1794. [Don]. PFG pl.92/1853.
History at Camden Park
Listed in the 1845, 1850 and 1857 catalogues [T.390/1845].
Notes
Published Feb 22, 2009 - 02:54 PM | Last updated Sep 05, 2011 - 02:46 PM
Mimulus aurantiacus Curt. | BM t.354/1796 | BHL
| Family | Scrophulariaceae |
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| Region of origin | California |
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| Common Name | Shrubby musk flower |
| Name in the Camden Park Record | Diplacus glutinosus
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| Confidence level | high |