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Diplacus rattanii

Diplacus kelloggii

Rattan's monkeyflower

Kellogg's monkeyflower
Habit Herbs, annual. Herbs, annual.
Stems

erect, 10–180(–230) mm, densely glandular-pubescent and viscid.

erect to ascending, 10–310(–370) mm, glandular-puberulent and/or glandular-pubescent.
Leaves

basal and cauline, basal in rosette, cauline gradually reduced distally;

petiole absent;

blade obovate to narrowly elliptic, 3–46(–70) × 1–20(–25) mm, margins entire or crenate, plane, apex rounded or obtuse, surfaces: proximals glabrate, distals glandular-pubescent and viscid.

usually basal, sometimes basal and cauline, relatively even-sized;

petiole absent, larger with petiole-like extension;

blade obovate to elliptic, (4–)6–40(–52) × (2–)3–17(–26) mm, margins entire or crenate, plane, apex obtuse, surfaces often pubescent.
Pedicels

1–3(–6) mm in fruit.

2–6(–10) mm in fruit, usually twisting to invert calyx.
Flowers

1 per node, chasmogamous.

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

eglandular-puberulent.

densely glandular-puberulent distally.
Corollas

pink to magenta, throat floor with 3 dark purple lines meeting abaxial lip lobes, palate ridges yellow, tube-throat 7–10 mm, limb 4–7 mm diam., not bilabiate.

throat dark purple, golden yellow at base with reddish speckling, limb magenta to reddish purple, lateral adaxial lobes each with a dark purple basal spot, palate ridges golden yellow, tube-throat (13–)20–45(–50) mm, limb 10–18 mm diam., bilabiate, abaxial lip smaller than adaxial.
Calyces

symmetrically attached to pedicels, inflated in fruit, 5–10 mm, glandular-pubescent and viscid, lobes subequal, apex obtuse, often apiculate, ribs dark green to purplish, intercostal areas whitish.

distinctly asymmetrically attached to pedicel, not inflated in fruit, (7–)8–16(–17) mm, densely glandular-puberulent or glandular-pubescent, lobes subequal, apex obtuse, ribs purplish, intercostal areas whitish.
Capsules

7–11(–12) mm.

6–12(–13) mm, indehiscent.
Anthers

nearly exserted, glabrous.

(distal pair) exserted, glabrous.
Stigmas

nearly exserted, lobes unequal, abaxial 5–7 times adaxial.

exserted, lobes unequal, abaxial 4–5 times adaxial.
2n

= 16.

= 18.

Diplacus rattanii

Diplacus kelloggii
Phenology Flowering Apr–Jul. Flowering Mar–Jun.
Habitat Recently burned or cleared areas, sandhills, sandstone outcrops, sandy gravel and loam, decomposed granite, serpentine-derived soils, open chaparral, chaparral margins, open yellow pine-manzanita woodlands. Near water runoff areas, away from seeps or other areas with prolonged moisture.
Elevation 300–1300 m. (1000–4300 ft.) 50–1500 m. (200–4900 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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from FNA
CA; OR
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Discussion

Diplacus rattanii occurs mostly in near-coastal localities from Glenn and Lake counties south to Ventura County.

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

Diplacus kelloggii occurs in southwestern Oregon and broadly in northern California.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 432. FNA vol. 17, p. 445.
Parent taxa Phrymaceae > Diplacus 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. parryi, D. parviflorus, D. pictus, D. pulchellus, D. puniceus, D. pygmaeus, 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. 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. 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 rattanii, M. rattanii subsp. decurtatus Eunanus kelloggii, Mimulus kelloggii
Name authority (A. Gray) G. L. Nesom: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 29. (2012) (Curran ex Greene) G. L. Nesom: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 32. (2012)
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