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Diplacus nanus

Diplacus longiflorus

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 longiflorus
Flowering time May-August
Habitat Dry, sandy, or gravelly soil among sagebrush desert or conifer forest at low to middle elevations.
Distribution
Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washinton; British Columbia to California, east to Montana and Colorado.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
D. cusickioides
D. cusickioides, D. nanus
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