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annual redspot monkeyflower, Parry's monkeyflower

Habit Herbs, annual.
Stems

erect, 10–120(–170) mm, finely and minutely glandular-puberulent.

Leaves

usually cauline, relatively even-sized;

petiole absent;

blade narrowly elliptic to sublinear or oblanceolate, sometimes obovate, (5–)8–25(–31) × (1–)2–9(–12) mm, margins entire, plane, not ciliate, apex: proximals usually rounded, distals usually acute, surfaces glandular-puberulent.

Pedicels

(1.5–)2–4(–9) mm in fruit.

Flowers

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

Styles

glandular-puberulent.

Corollas

of 2 color forms: (a) magenta, ± deepening at mouth, usually with 6–8 darker spots in arc on abaxial lip around mouth, throat floor yellow to whitish with reddish speckling and (b) yellow with 6–8 narrow reddish spots or lines in arc on abaxial lip around mouth and reddish speckling on throat floor, palate ridges yellow extending onto lip, tube-throat (10–)12–18(–20) mm, limb 11–17.5(–20) mm diam., not bilabiate.

Calyces

symmetrically attached to pedicels, not inflated in fruit, (5–)7–12(–13) mm, glandular-puberulent, lobes unequal, adaxial longer, apex broadly rounded to acute, often apiculate, ribs often dark purple, intercostal areas purplish or white.

Capsules

(5.5–)6.5–10.5 mm.

Anthers

included, glabrous.

Stigmas

included, lobes equal.

2n

= 16.

Diplacus parryi

Phenology Flowering Apr–Jun(–Jul).
Habitat Banks, gravel bars, washes, sandy ravines, rocky hillsides, ledges and bases of limestone ledges and boulders, clay loam-basalt, bare areas, often with Coleogyne and Larrea, sagebrush and pinyon-juniper.
Elevation (600–)800–1700(–2200) m. ((2000–)2600–5600(–7200) ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; NV; UT
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Discussion

Diplacus parryi has a limited range, primarily in the Mohave Desert in four states: Arizona (Mohave County), California (Inyo County, where apparently disjunct, in pinyon-juniper woodlands, and at higher than typical elevation), Nevada (Clark and Lincoln counties), and Utah (Washington County). The glandular-puberulent vestiture and unequal calyx lobes are diagnostic.

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

Source FNA vol. 17, p. 442.
Parent taxa Phrymaceae > Diplacus
Sibling taxa
D. angustatus, D. aridus, D. aurantiacus, 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. 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 parryi, M. spissus var. lincolnensis
Name authority (A. Gray) G. L. Nesom & N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 27. (2012)
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