mimulus

/ ˈmɪmjʊləs /

noun

Origin of mimulus¹

New Latin, from Greek mimō ape (from the shape of the corolla)

Along the rills Gentiana calycosa, Arnica chamissonis and Mimulus lewisii form banks of color.

The modest yellow Mimulus along the water-courses is the first to come and the last to go.

Under foot were white violets and wee, monkey-faced mimulus, with occasionally a rare scarlet monkey-flower.

Among these grows a thick bunch of mimulus or monkey-plant, well known in gardens, here flourishing alone beside the stream.

The well-known Musk is a Mimulus (M. moschatus), and is as easily grown from seed as other varieties.

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