Any botanists on board?

[Wapinschaw]

Can anyone identify this flower? It's growing wild in my gravel drive, never seen one before. Any ideas?

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[greenshoots]

its called a weed


greenshoots

 

[ILoveBambi]

Mimulus or common name monkey flower

 

[finnbear270]

Might be ...

Impatiens pallida /Touch-Me-Not Family These pretty yellow flowers are related to the Spotted Touch-Me-Not (I. capensis).​

 

[Woodsmoke]

monkey flower

Yep

Mimulus guttatus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Cyres]

Mimulus it is: I grow them in my planters, nice pictures of it.

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[Wapinschaw]

Thanks for the responses. There is a consensus for Mimulus so I will go with that. We have never seen it before, certainly have not cultivated it.

Cyres: Thanks for the comment on the pictures. Taken with Nikon D5000 DSLR, Micro Nikkor 40mm lens.

 

[Wapinschaw]

its called a weed


greenshoots

I would have thought someone with a horticultural screen name could have been a bit more specific.

 

[hawkeye185]

Monkey Plant or mimulus it will seed itself and come every year! If you pick it up and cover it with soil you will have a flush of flower all summer and every year afterwards.

 

[greenshoots]

I would have thought someone with a horticultural screen name could have been a bit more specific.

afraid its more to do with alternative energy and i also shoot, the wife calls me an attack gardener lol

greenshoots