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Scientific Name

Mimulus repens

Family Name

SCROPHULARIACEAE

Common Name

Monkey Flower

Status

Height

stems 0.06m - 0.2m (6-20cm)

Flowers

Small, purple widely tubular flowers, inside of throat hairy, yellow and white spotted red.

Fruit

Capsule

Form

Small herbaceous plant, with stem creeping and rooting forming mats.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Brighton; Burnie; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Huon Valley; King Island; Kingborough; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman

Communities

Riparian

Habitat Notes

Wet ground, brackish marshes and shores of saline lagoons.

Site Tolerance

Waterlogged

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

Poor; Poorly-drained

General Notes

Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Capsule, broadly cylindrical 6-7mm long

Seed Treatment Method

Bog method

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

May be grown from seed.

Germination Time

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

Expected Time to Plant Out

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Yes

Cutting Notes

May be propagated from cuttings.