Diplacus parryi |
Diplacus leptaleus |
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annual redspot monkeyflower, Parry's monkeyflower |
least flower monkey flower, least monkeyflower, slender monkeyflower |
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Habit | Herbs, annual. | Herbs, annual. |
Stems | erect, 10–120(–170) mm, finely and minutely glandular-puberulent. |
erect to ascending, 10–140 mm, glandular-puberulent to short glandular-villous. |
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. |
usually cauline, relatively even-sized; petiole absent; blade oblanceolate to linear, (5–)6–24(–34) × (0.5–)1–4(–7.5) mm, margins entire, plane, apex rounded to acute, surfaces glandular-puberulent. |
Pedicels | (1.5–)2–4(–9) mm in fruit. |
1(–3) mm in fruit. |
Flowers | 2 per node, or 1 or 2 per node on 1 plant, chasmogamous. |
2 per node, or 1 or 2 per node on 1 plant, chasmogamous. |
Styles | glandular-puberulent. |
sparsely 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. |
magenta, sometimes white, throat whitish, often speckled with dark spots, palate ridges weak, whitish to pinkish, tube-throat 6–8 mm, limb 3–5 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. |
symmetrically attached to pedicels, not inflated in fruit, (2.5–)3–5.5(–6.5) mm, glandular-puberulent, lobes subequal, apex acute, ribs darkened, blackish, intercostal areas purplish. |
Capsules | (5.5–)6.5–10.5 mm. |
(3–)4–6(–6.5) mm. |
Anthers | included, glabrous. |
included, glabrous. |
Stigmas | included, lobes equal. |
included, lobes unequal, abaxial nearly 2 times adaxial. |
2n | = 16. |
= 16. |
Diplacus parryi |
Diplacus leptaleus |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jun(–Jul). | Flowering Jun–Aug. |
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. | Developing granitic soils, boulders of granite outcrops, disturbed areas, water runoff areas. |
Elevation | (600–)800–1700(–2200) m. ((2000–)2600–5600(–7200) ft.) | (1800–)2100–3400 m. ((5900–)6900–11200 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; NV; UT
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CA; NV
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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.) |
Diplacus leptaleus occurs in the Sierra Nevada from Nevada County south to Tulare County, California, and in southern Washoe County, Nevada. Diplacus leptaleus is the only species of Diplacus that commonly produces white flowers. Populations rarely are fixed for white corollas; they are commonly fixed for magenta corollas, especially at higher elevations (D. M. Thompson 2005). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 442. | FNA vol. 17, p. 438. |
Parent taxa | Phrymaceae > Diplacus | Phrymaceae > Diplacus |
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Synonyms | Mimulus parryi, M. spissus var. lincolnensis | Mimulus leptaleus |
Name authority | (A. Gray) G. L. Nesom & N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 27. (2012) | (A. Gray) G. L. Nesom: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 29. (2012) |
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