Notice

Colin Mills, compiler of the Hortus Camdenensis, died in late November 2012 after a short illness. As he always considered the Hortus his legacy, it is his family's intention to keep the site running in perpetuity. It will not, however, be updated in the near future.

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

Shown are toothed, ovate leaves and bright yellow, single flowers.  Curtis's Botanical Magazine t.354, 1796.

Mimulus aurantiacus Curt. | BM t.354/1796 | BHL

 

Family Scrophulariaceae
Category
Region of origin

California

Synonyms
  • Diplacus glutinosus (Wendl.) Nutt.
  • Mimulus glutinosus Wendl.

 

Common Name

Shrubby musk flower

Name in the Camden Park Record

Diplacus glutinosus 

 

Confidence level high