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Common name: Purple Monkey flower
Botanical name: Mimulus lewisii Family: Scrophulariaceae (dog flower family)
Attractive pink flowers with fuzzy, yellow throats. Monkey flower is a highly
diverse plant genus of about
150 species. They are called monkey flowers due to the fact that when you
squeeze them at the lower part of the flower, the flower opens, doing so
repeatedly, gives the humerous illusion of a monkey. Most of the species are
annuals and herbaceous perennials, but a few species are subshrubs with woody
stems.
| Photographed in Yogi Nursery,
Delhi |
Identification credit: Shaista Ahmad
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