Erythranthe guttata

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Seep Monkeyflower

This annual/perennial grows to about one foot, and self sows.  Beautiful when planted around water features or in wet meadows or containers. Useful along the edges of ponds or fountains.

Seep monkey flower is well liked by hummingbirds and disliked by deer.

Long blooming period from Spring through Summer.

Lifeform: Perennial

Sun: Full Sun, Part Shade, Shade

Water: High, Moderate

Soil: Clay, Loam, Sand

Other: Attracts Butterflies, Deer Resistant

 

Container

RP, 4", 4"S

Ecological Value

Attracts butterflies

Historical Uses

Native Indian tribes made a decoction of the stems and leaves was used as a steam bath for soreness in the chest or back. Sacagawea’s Shoshone tribe used a poultice of crushed leaves for rope burns or

Distribution

Found from Alaska s to CA and south through the rocky mountain states to Mexico.

Elevation

Between 0 and 10000 feet

Communities

Coastal Strand, Northern Coastal Scrub, Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest, Subalpine Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, Valley Grassland, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Wetland-riparia

Habitat

Coastal, meadows