Yellow Monkey Flower
Erythranthe guttata
Pollinator plant
(c) Matt Berger, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Matt Berger
Growing it
| When | Flowers June to August; fruits August to September |
|---|---|
| Type | wildflower |
| Sun | Full sun, partial shade |
| Water | Medium, high |
| Soil | pH 5.5–7.5 |
| Hardiness | zone 3–8 |
| Mature height | 0.5 m |
| Mature spread | 0.45 m |
| Spacing | 0.3 m |
| Years to maturity | 1 |
| Bloom | Jun–Aug |
| Flower colour | Yellow read from a published flora |
| In bloom | June July August |
| Fruit | Aug–Sep |
| Native to | AB, SK |
egg-shaped leaves about 5 cm long in opposite pairs
Where it has been recorded
Which ecoregions the records fall in
- Cypress Upland south AB / SK: 43 records, high confidence
- Northern Continental Divide south AB: 29 records, high confidence
These are counts of records collected somewhere in the region, which is the resolution of the evidence: the map above shows where inside it. A region with 3 records is not the same claim as one with three hundred, so the count travels with the region. A region missing from this list means nobody has recorded it there, which is not the same as the plant being absent. Records within 900 m of a border count for neither side, because the border is not drawn finely enough to say which one they are on. Source: GBIF occurrence search + PRESERVED_SPECIMEN pass, retrieved 2026-08-24. Boundaries digitised from the National Ecological Framework for Canada v2.2 (Ecological Stratification Working Group 1995), simplified to about 900 m for display: an outline is accurate to roughly a kilometre, not to the metre. How these counts are made.
See every observation, live and current, on GBIF or iNaturalist.
Documented animals
36 documented relationships.
nectar for
- A Digger Bee Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Agapostemon texanus Specimen records from ecdysis.org
- Andrena subtilis Specimen records from ecdysis.org
- Andrena transnigra Specimen records from ecdysis.org
- Black-tailed Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Brown-tailed Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Calligrapher Fly Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Central Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Cryptic Bumble Bee Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Golden Northern Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Lasioglossum knereri Specimen records from ecdysis.org
- Monarch Specimen records from iNaturalist.org
- Red-belted Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Sitka Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Two-ranked Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Western Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Yellow Cuckoo Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
- Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee Specimen records from www.bumblebeewatch.org
pollen for
- Adela septentrionella Guzman et al. 2022
- Andrena nigrocaerulea Guzman et al. 2022
- Andrena transnigra Guzman et al. 2022
- Blue Orchard Mason Bee Guzman et al. 2022
- Drone Fly Guzman et al. 2022
- Eupeodes volucris Guzman et al. 2022
- Halictus confusus Guzman et al. 2022
- Large Bee Fly Guzman et al. 2022
- Lasioglossum incompletum Guzman et al. 2022
- Lasioglossum knereri Guzman et al. 2022
- Lasioglossum nevadense Guzman et al. 2022
- Lucilia illustris Guzman et al. 2022
- Orange-legged Furrow Bee Guzman et al. 2022
- Osmia albolateralis Guzman et al. 2022
- Osmia juxta Guzman et al. 2022
- Osmia tristella Guzman et al. 2022
- Two-ranked Bumble Bee Guzman et al. 2022
- Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee Guzman et al. 2022
Also worth knowing
Safety
Toxicity not assessed, absence of a warning is not a guarantee of safety
Edible parts
Young leaves and stems (mild, raw or cooked)
Buying it
About $8–$16 per plant (estimate), usually from a native-plant nursery. Estimate (herb default); AB retail as of 2026
Where these numbers came from
- Flower detail: not verified, a genus-level estimate