Sticky Monkey Flower (Diplacus aurantiacus) Login         


        Description
  • Height to 4 ft.
  • CA bloom Mar - Aug
  • Sticky Monkey Flower is an easy plant to learn, with its orange flowers and sticky dark green leaves.
  • Leaves are are 2 to 3 inches long, narrow and evergreen.
  • Found in brushy areas and open woodlands.
  • CA native. Endemic to the California Floristic Province.
  • AKA Sticky Monkeyflower, Bush Monkey Flower
  • Lopseed Family (Phrymaceae)



This common shrub has many orange trumpet flowers. Feel the leaves - they're sticky!



Leaves are opposite. Flower stalks (pedicels), at leaf nodes, support orange trumpet-shaped flowers.


Leaves are dark green, leathery, narrow and sticky. Their edges often roll under. The underside is a lighter color and hairy.

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[[Opposite]] leaves are narrow (less than 1/2" across and up to 3" long). They end in a point. They're leathery and stiff. Prominent veins are in ...
Flowers are trumpet shaped. They open into five broad lips at the end. Two are fused and point upward. Three form a lower platform for pollinators ...
Monkey Flowers are pollinated by bees and butterflies. They offer [[nectar]] at the bottom of their floral tube. Pollinators pick up and drop of ...
Flowers often have a decoration on the bottom petals, providing a visual runway for pollinators.
The pale [[stigma]] opens up in two lips. When it is brushed, perhaps by a pollinator, the lips close in a few seconds. If there is no pollen depo ...
Ridged [[sepals]] cover the bottom of the flower, providing it some protection while it develops. The sepals also make a shield against [[nectar]] th ...