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bank monkey-flower, north Idaho monkeyflower, slope monkeyflower

Habit Subshrubs or shrubs. Herbs, annual.
Stems

erect to ascending, 500–1200(–1500) mm, minutely hirtellous-hirsutulous and minutely stipitate-glandular.

erect, (10–)20–180 mm, glandular-puberulent to short glandular-villous.

Leaves

usually cauline, relatively even-sized;

petiole absent or indistinct;

blade narrowly oblong to narrowly elliptic-lanceolate proximally to lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate or elliptic distally, 15–60(–75) × 2–20 mm, margins entire or shallowly serrate, plane or revolute, apex obtuse to rounded, surfaces glabrous or abaxial sparsely to densely hairy, hairs branched, adaxial usually without unbranched hairs.

usually cauline, relatively even-sized;

petiole absent, base sometimes petiole-like;

blade narrowly elliptic, sometimes broadly elliptic to obovate or oblanceolate, (2.5–)6–20(–26) × (1–)2–10(–14) mm, margins crenate to serrulate or entire, plane, apex rounded or acute, surfaces glandular-puberulent.

Pedicels

4–13 mm in fruit.

2–7(–10) mm in fruit.

Flowers

2(–4) per node, chasmogamous.

2 per node, or 1 or 2 per node on 1 plant, chasmogamous.

Styles

sparsely glandular.

glandular-puberulent distally.

Corollas

yellow-orange to orange, not spotted or striped, palate ridges yellow to golden yellow or orange, tube-throat 25–30 mm, limb 20–30 mm diam., bilabiate to nearly rotate, lobes oblong, apex of adaxial 2 each shallowly, asymmetrically incised.

rose pink to purplish, limb often pale, especially abaxial lip, abaxial lip often purple-dotted near base, markings often coalescing and forming broken lines radiating toward each lobe, tube yellow, palate ridges yellow with magenta speckling, confluent and extending onto abaxial lip base, tube-throat (8–)11–12 mm, limb 7–12 mm diam., bilabiate.

Calyces

not inflated in fruit, 18–30 mm, glabrous or minutely hirtellous and/or minutely stipitate-glandular, tube slightly dilated distally, lobes subequal to unequal, apex acute, ribs green, intercostal areas light green.

symmetrically attached to pedicels, not inflated in fruit, (5–)7–8 mm, glandular-puberulent, lobes subequal, apex acute, ribs green, intercostal areas whitish.

Capsules

18–31 mm.

8–13 mm.

Anthers

exserted (at throat), glabrous.

included, ciliate.

Stigmas

exserted, lobes equal.

exserted, lobes subequal.

2n

= 20.

= 16.

Diplacus aurantiacus

Diplacus clivicola

Phenology Flowering Apr–Aug. Flowering May–Aug.
Habitat Sand dunes and bluffs, dry hillsides, grassy slopes, road banks, stream banks, basaltic knolls, rocky slopes and outcrops, open pine forests, coastal scrub. Bluffs, disturbed slopes, well-developed loam soils, vegetation openings.
Elevation 0–700(–1000) m. (0–2300(–3300) ft.) 500–1200(–2000) m. (1600–3900(–6600) ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR
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from FNA
ID; MT; OR
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Discussion

Diplacus aurantiacus occurs from southwestern Oregon (Curry County) southward to Santa Barbara County, California.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Diplacus clivicola is known from northern Idaho and immediately adjacent Montana and Oregon. It is similar to typical D. nanus in its strongly bilabiate corollas; it differs in its slightly toothed leaf blade margins, relatively long pedicels, and calyces with cuneate bases.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 17, p. 449. FNA vol. 17, p. 438.
Parent taxa Phrymaceae > Diplacus Phrymaceae > Diplacus
Sibling taxa
D. angustatus, D. aridus, D. bicolor, D. bigelovii, D. bolanderi, D. brandegeei, D. brevipes, D. calycinus, D. cascadensis, D. clevelandii, D. clivicola, D. compactus, D. congdonii, D. constrictus, D. cusickii, D. cusickioides, D. deschutesensis, D. douglasii, D. fremontii, D. grandiflorus, D. graniticola, D. jepsonii, D. johnstonii, D. kelloggii, D. layneae, D. leptaleus, D. linearis, D. longiflorus, D. mephiticus, D. mohavensis, D. nanus, D. ovatus, D. parryi, D. parviflorus, D. pictus, D. pulchellus, D. puniceus, D. pygmaeus, D. rattanii, D. rupicola, D. rutilus, D. thompsonii, D. torreyi, D. traskiae, D. tricolor, D. vandenbergensis, D. viscidus
D. angustatus, D. aridus, D. aurantiacus, D. bicolor, D. bigelovii, D. bolanderi, D. brandegeei, D. brevipes, D. calycinus, D. cascadensis, D. clevelandii, D. compactus, D. congdonii, D. constrictus, D. cusickii, D. cusickioides, D. deschutesensis, D. douglasii, D. fremontii, D. grandiflorus, D. graniticola, D. jepsonii, D. johnstonii, D. kelloggii, D. layneae, D. leptaleus, D. linearis, D. longiflorus, D. mephiticus, D. mohavensis, D. nanus, D. ovatus, D. parryi, D. parviflorus, D. pictus, D. pulchellus, D. puniceus, D. pygmaeus, D. rattanii, D. rupicola, D. rutilus, D. thompsonii, D. torreyi, D. traskiae, D. tricolor, D. vandenbergensis, D. viscidus
Synonyms Mimulus aurantiacus, D. glutinosus, D. glutinosus var. aurantiacus, M. glutinosus Mimulus clivicola
Name authority (Curtis) Jepson: Man. Fl. Pl. Calif., 919. (1925) (Greenman) G. L. Nesom: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 28. (2012)
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