Burke: Diplacus nanus vs. Diplacus cusickii

	Diplacus nanus	Diplacus cusickii
	dwarf purple monkey-flower
Habit	Dwarf annual up to 1 dm. high, becoming much branched when well-developed, finely glandular-puberulent.
Leaves	Leaves opposite, entire, inconspicuously 3-5 nerved, obtuse, the lower oblanceolate, the upper elliptic to narrowly ovate, up to 3.5 cm. long and under 1 cm. wide.
Flowers	Flowers solitary in the leaf axils, sub-sessile; calyx 5-8 mm. long, the 5 sharp teeth glandular-puberulent, 1-3 mm. long; corolla rich magenta, marked in the throat with yellow and deeper red, 1-2.5 cm. long, bilabiate, the lips equal; stamens 4
Fruit	Capsule splitting at maturity.

	Diplacus nanus	Diplacus cusickii
Flowering time	May-August	June-July
Habitat	Dry, sandy, or gravelly soil among sagebrush desert or conifer forest at low to middle elevations.	Dry volcanic or sandy soils among sagebrush desert or conif forest.
Distribution	Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washinton; British Columbia to California, east to Montana and Colorado. [WildflowerSearch map]	Reported from east of the Cascades crest in Klickitat County in Washington; south-central Washington to California, east to west-central and southwestern Idaho. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin	Native	Native
Conservation status	Not of concern	Threatened in Washington (WANHP)
Sibling taxa	D. cusickioides	D. cusickioides, D. nanus
Web links	Local floras: CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	Local floras: OR Local Web sites: Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Diplacus nanus

Diplacus cusickii

dwarf purple monkey-flower

Habit

Dwarf annual up to 1 dm. high, becoming much branched when well-developed, finely glandular-puberulent.

Leaves

Leaves opposite, entire, inconspicuously 3-5 nerved, obtuse, the lower oblanceolate, the upper elliptic to narrowly ovate, up to 3.5 cm. long and under 1 cm. wide.

Flowers

Flowers solitary in the leaf axils, sub-sessile;

calyx 5-8 mm. long, the 5 sharp teeth glandular-puberulent, 1-3 mm. long;

corolla rich magenta, marked in the throat with yellow and deeper red, 1-2.5 cm. long, bilabiate, the lips equal;

stamens 4

Fruit

Capsule splitting at maturity.

Diplacus nanus

Diplacus cusickii

Flowering time

May-August

June-July

Habitat

Dry, sandy, or gravelly soil among sagebrush desert or conifer forest at low to middle elevations.

Dry volcanic or sandy soils among sagebrush desert or conif forest.

Distribution

Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washinton; British Columbia to California, east to Montana and Colorado.

[WildflowerSearch map]

Reported from east of the Cascades crest in Klickitat County in Washington; south-central Washington to California, east to west-central and southwestern Idaho.

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

Origin

Native

Conservation status

Not of concern

Threatened in Washington (WANHP)

Sibling taxa

D. cusickioides

D. cusickioides, D. nanus

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