Habitat: bank, forest, forest edge, gravel, lowland, moist, open, pasture, peat, riparian, river terrace, riverbed, roadside, rock outcrop, sand, sheltered, shrubland, silt, slope, terrace, wetland

Dispersal: Seed, vegetative

Distribution from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium. CC-BY 3.0 AU
Distribution from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium. CC-BY 3.0 AU
 Recognition
  • a perennial herbaceous plant with upright or spreading stems to 60 cm high.
  • its leaves are opposite, mostly hairless, rounded, up to 12 cm long, and the margin is toothed.
  • its flowers are solitary in the axils of the upper leaves, and the corolla is 3-4.5 cm long, yellow and with red dots in the throat.
  • its capsule is 10 cm long and contains numerous very small seeds.
 Images
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Image: P.B. Heenan © Landcare Research 2012
Image: P.B. Heenan © Landcare Research 2012
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Weeds Key – interactive key to the weed species of New Zealand [as Mimulus guttatus Fisch. ex DC.]
 References
Biosecurity New Zealand 2012: Regional Pest Management Strategies Database. http://www.biosecurityperformance.maf.govt.nz/ [as Mimulus guttatus Fisch. ex DC.]
Howell, C. 2008: Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. DOC Research & Development Series 292: 42. [as Mimulus guttatus Fisch. ex DC.]