Photographs: Bantry, Co. Cork

Monkey-flower Erythranthe guttata (Mimulus guttatus) Buí an bhogaigh Family: Scrophulariaceae Flowering: June-September. Perennial. Introduced. Two-lipped yellow flowers with small red spots only in throat, the lower lip longer than the upper. Anthers have pollen, otherwise the plant is a hybrid. The flower stalks and calyx are downy. Leaves are opposite and broad-toothed and there are many creeping stolons. Height to 75cm A garden escape often found near water and in water-side fields Similar: Hybrids with Blood-drop-emlets, Erythranthe lutea occur: Erythranthe guttata x lutea = E. x robertsii

Monkey-flower, Erythranthe guttata (Mimulus guttatus), Buí an bhogaigh