Spring Bloom Series - Orange Monkeyflower - Diplacus Aurantiacus Stock Photography

Pale orange blossoms on a green shrub growing in a San Diego California garden. Diplacus aurantiacus, the sticky monkey-flower or orange bush monkey-flower, is a flowering plant that grows in a subshrub form, native to southwestern North America from southwestern Oregon south through most of California. It is a member of the lopseed family, Phrymaceae. It was formerly known as Mimulus aurantiacus. HTBphotos by John and Katharina Notarianni for websites, print and other published media.