Yellow Monkey Flower (Mimulus guttatus)

Family: Scrophulariaceae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

Mimulus guttatus is a PERENNIAL growing to 0.6 m (2ft) by 0.6 m (2ft in). See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 6. It is in flower from July to September. Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and can grow in heavy clay soil. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers moist or wet soil and can grow in water.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

flavour, they are added to salads. — Leaves - raw or cooked.; A slightly bitter flavour, they are added to salads.; The leaves are used as a lettuce substitute.

Habitat & North American Range

Streams and wet places below 3000 metres. Banks of streams in Britain, where it appears quite native. (Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9)