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Yellow Monkey Flower (Mimulus guttatus) is a perennial herb that thrives in moist to wet environments across North America and northern Mexico, native to regions including Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, and parts of Mexico. Yellow Monkey Flower (Latin: Mimulus guttatus) is an edible plant catalogued in PlantSage.
Yellow Monkey Flower is generally regarded as safe for culinary use when correctly identified and prepared. Avoid wild specimens from polluted ground and confirm species before harvest.
Yellow Monkey Flower is a member native to ASK, ABT, ALU, ARI, BRC, and CAL. Yellow Monkey Flower thrives in moist to wet conditions and prefers light (sandy), medium, or heavy (clay) soils with a pH of 6–8.
Yellow Monkey Flower grows best in USDA zone 5-9, 8/10 light, moist, wet, water water, and perennial life cycle. Detailed sowing, propagation, and care notes are on the full profile.
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