Yellow Monkeyflower (2)

Yellow Monkeyflower
Erythranthe guttata (Mimulus guttatus)

Family: Lopseed (Phrymaceae)
AKA: Seep Monkey Flower
Photo taken on: July 4, 2007
Location: Poverty Gulch, GV, CO
Life Zones: Montane to subalpine
Habitat: Wet soil, in streams

Grows erect to 22 inches tall with fleshy stems and oval to round leaves with toothed edges. Flowers are an inch long and have two lips, two lobes on the upper, three on the lower. The lower lip has red spots at the base, the upper lip has none.

Flora of North America reference.

Roundleaf Monkeyflower
Erythranthe geyeri (Mimulus glabratus)

Family: Lopseed (Phrymaceae)
AKA: Geyer's Monkeyflower
Photo taken on: July 13, 2020
Location: Agua Caliente Spring, Abiquiu, NM
Life Zones: Plains and foothills
Habitat: Moist, muddy soil, streambanks

Grows to 20 inches long, usually sprawling and mat-forming, with smooth, often reddish, stems. Leaves are smooth and round to 1" across with smooth edges. Flowers are 1/2" long with only 2 reddish-brown spots on the lower petal and a hairy throat. A different growth pattern, lower elevation and smaller flower than the Yellow Monkeyflower.

Flora of North America reference.