Diplacus nanus |
Diplacus torreyi |
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dwarf purple monkey-flower |
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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. |
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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 |
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Fruit | Capsule splitting at maturity. |
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Diplacus nanus |
Diplacus torreyi |
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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 | |
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