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Monkey Flower
Mimulus aurantiacus
It is a tube shape flower it is yellow and white in the middle and the pedals look ripped. The leafs are dark green and the stem is brown.
Monkey flowers grow in North America,Australia and parts of Asia and Africa. It grows in deeply moist soil.
All parts of the the monkey flower are edible if you boil them. They taste salty and they taste bitter if raw.
Fun fact
A monkey flower can grow up to 5 inches in height. The monkey flower produces dark green oval, rounded, kidney or leafs with irregularly toothed edges.
The monkey flower is used for medicine if you put it in a bath it will get rid of chest and back pain. There is also a cool liquid that sooth burns and skin irritons.
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