Photographs: near Ballingeary, Co. Cork |
Hybrid Monkey-flower Erythranthe guttata x lutea, Erythranthe x robertsii Family: Scrophulariaceae Previously Mimulus guttatus x luteus, Mimulus × robertsii Flowering June - September. Perennial. Garden escape. Two-lipped yellow flowers with variable lip markings, often small red spots and one or more larger blotches. Similar to Monkey-flower, E. guttata but bracts distinctly toothed, lower lobe angled down. A sterile hybrid occurring naturally or as result of cultivation, spreads vegetatively Most records are from Northern Ireland on damp or wet ground by streams and rivers. Confirmed by Paul Green |
Hybrid Monkey-flower, Erythranthe guttata x lutea, Erythranthe x robertsii