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Diplacus rupicola

Diplacus pulchellus

Death Valley monkeyflower, rock midget

pansy or yellow-lip pansy monkeyflower, yellow-lip pansy monkeyflower
Habit Herbs, perennial, with woody caudex. Herbs, annual, acaulescent or caulescent.
Stems

erect to ascending, sometimes pendent, 10–170 mm, densely and finely glandular-puberulent.

erect, 0 or 30–50(–60) mm, glandular-puberulent.
Leaves

usually basal rosettes and proximal cauline, relatively even-sized;

petiole absent, base gradually narrowed to broad, petiole-like extension;

blade oblanceolate, (10–)18–60(–80) × (1.5–)3–15(–26) mm, margins entire, plane, not ciliate, apex acute, surfaces glandular-puberulent.

basal densely clustered;

petiole absent;

blade linear, (6–)8–35 × 1–4.5(–9) mm, margins entire, plane, proximal 1/2+ ciliate, apex obtuse, surfaces glabrous.
Pedicels

1–3 mm in fruit.

0–2 mm in fruit.
Flowers

1 or 2 per node, chasmogamous.

1 per node, chasmogamous.
Styles

glandular-puberulent.

glandular-puberulent.
Corollas

limb pinkish white to nearly white with a large magenta-purple round or 2-lobed blotch at base of each lobe, throat and palate ridges golden yellow with magenta speckling, palate ridges short-pilose, throat glabrous, tube-throat 17–35 mm, limb 8–21 mm diam., not bilabiate.

bicolored, adaxial lip lavender to magenta-purple, adaxial throat very dark purple, abaxial lip or at least central lobe golden yellow, abaxial lip base and palate ridges sparsely red-dotted, 2 adaxial lobes and 2 lateral lobes of abaxial lip with dark maroon purple bands at base and extending into and merging within throat, palate ridges yellow, tube-throat (15–)20–40 mm, limb 10–18 mm diam., bilabiate, lips equal.
Calyces

asymmetrically attached to pedicel, not inflated in fruit, 8–18 mm, densely glandular-puberulent, lobes unequal, apex acuminate, ribs green, intercostal areas pale green.

slightly asymmetrically attached to pedicel, inflated in fruit, (5–)7–15 mm, pilose, lobes subequal, apex obtuse, ribs reddish purple, intercostal areas pale green to whitish.
Capsules

3–8 mm, indehiscent until senescence of pedicel, then opening along both sutures only after wetting.

(2–)3–5.5 mm, indehiscent.
Anthers

included, glabrous or slightly puberulent at base.

(distal pair) sometimes nearly exserted, with apical tufts of short, eglandular hairs.
Stigmas

included, lobes equal.

usually exserted, lobes subequal.
2n

= 16.

= 18.

Diplacus rupicola

Diplacus pulchellus
Phenology Flowering Feb–Jun. Flowering Apr–Jul.
Habitat Crevices in limestone cliffs and walls, limestone ridge tops and slopes, wash edges, gravelly slopes, canyon sides. Vernally flooded depressions or swales, ruts, seepage areas on gentle slopes.
Elevation 300–1800 m. (1000–5900 ft.) 600–2000 m. (2000–6600 ft.)
Distribution
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CA
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from FNA
CA
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Discussion

Diplacus rupicola is known from Inyo County.

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

Diplacus pulchellus is known from Calaveras, Mariposa, and Tuolumne counties.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 448. FNA vol. 17, p. 447.
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. rattanii, 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. kelloggii, D. layneae, D. leptaleus, D. linearis, D. longiflorus, D. mephiticus, D. mohavensis, D. nanus, D. ovatus, D. parryi, D. parviflorus, D. pictus, D. puniceus, D. pygmaeus, D. rattanii, D. rupicola, D. rutilus, D. thompsonii, D. torreyi, D. traskiae, D. tricolor, D. vandenbergensis, D. viscidus
Synonyms Mimulus rupicola Eunanus pulchellus, Mimulus pulchellus
Name authority (Coville & A. L. Grant) G. L. Nesom & N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 27. (2012) (Drew ex Greene) G. L. Nesom: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 30. (2012)
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