Sticky Monkey Flower

Yesterday we went on a hike around Elkhorn Slough. There was a lot of this plant blooming. It is sticky to the touch and is called sticky monkey flower. It didn’t say where the monkey part of the name came from.

[Diana]

Lovely shot of this unusual bloom and name. Beautiful colour and light.

[Joan Robillard]

Lovely

[Margaret Brown]

A lovely color and capture

[Kate]

Love the flower color

[KoalaGardens🐨]

ooooh neat

[Christine Sztukowski]

Lovely

[Rob Z]

It's quite a striking looking thing.

[Beryl Lloyd]

What an unusual name for this delightful deep yellow trumpet flowers !

[KV]

Beautiful color… funny name.

[Kathy]

A new flower to me. Very nice close up.

[Kerry McCarthy]

Interesting. Nice bright color.

[Babs]

What an interesting flower with an unusual name.

[Carole Sandford]

Interesting & unusual!

[Islandgirl]

Beautiful bell shaped bloom!

[bkb in the city]

Beautiful

[Larry Steager]

Nice capture.

[Jane Pittenger]

I think whe you look straight at the blooms, they look like little monkey faces

[Yao RL]

Funny name.

[eDorre]

Love the color

[haskar]

Lovely pov and light.

[Wendy]

The flowers are supposed to resemble a “laughing” monkey's face. A good reason to return and see if you can capture a monkey giggling. fav!

[Pat]

What a beautiful flower. Did you touch it?
Great shot.

[Peter Dulis]

Nice one :)

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Very pretty.

[Shutterbug]

@pattyblue just a slight crop.

[Beverley]

Lovely capture…gorgeous

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Nice shot- and interesting to learn how it got its name here on 365!