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Diplacus tricolor

Diplacus clevelandii

tricolor monkeyflower

Cleveland's bush monkeyflower
Habit Herbs, annual, acaulescent or caulescent. Herbs, perennial, sometimes rhizomatous.
Stems

erect or ascending, 10–140(–170) mm, densely glandular-puberulent.

erect, (200–)300–950(–1250) mm, glandular-villous.
Leaves

basal densely clustered;

petiole absent;

blade narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, (5–)8–45(–60) × (1–)3–12(–20) mm, margins entire, sometimes toothed, plane, not ciliate, apex obtuse, surfaces glandular-puberulent.

basal and cauline, relatively even-sized;

petiole absent;

blade lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, 20–110(–130) × 5–33(–40) mm, margins dentate to serrate, plane or revolute, apex acute, surfaces finely pubescent-glandular.
Pedicels

1–3(–5) mm in fruit.

2–4(–7) mm in fruit.
Flowers

1 per node, chasmogamous.

2 per node, chasmogamous.
Styles

usually glandular-puberulent.

minutely glandular.
Corollas

tricolored, limb and throat magenta to purple, each lobe with a discrete, dark maroon-purple blotch at base, all 3 blotches of abaxial lip round and not usually extending into throat, palate ridges yellow, flanked with white, sometimes purple-spotted, tube-throat (13–)15–50 mm, limb 7–21 mm diam., bilabiate, lobes equal.

bright golden yellow, often with reddish brown speckling on throat floor, palate ridges yellow, tube-throat 21–40 mm, limb 25–30 mm diam., nearly regular, lobes obovate-oblong.
Calyces

slightly asymmetrically attached to pedicel, not inflated in fruit, (6–)11–23 mm, densely glandular-puberulent, lobes subequal, apex obtuse, ribs often purplish proximally, intercostal areas whitish.

not inflated in fruit, 20–35(–37) mm, densely glandular-pubescent, tube slightly dilated distally, lobes subequal, apex acute.
Capsules

(2–)3–8(–10) mm, indehiscent.

8–15(–17) mm.
Anthers

included, with apical tufts of short, eglandular hairs.

included, glabrous.
Stigmas

nearly exserted, lobes subequal.

included, lobes unequal, abaxial 2 times longer than adaxial.
2n

= 18.

= 20.

Diplacus tricolor

Diplacus clevelandii
Phenology Flowering Mar–Jul(–Aug). Flowering Apr–Jun(–Jul).
Habitat Vernally flooded depressions in grasslands, low spots and ditches in and around agricultural fields. Dry, rocky openings in chaparral, roadcuts.
Elevation 50–1500 m. (200–4900 ft.) 900–1500 m. (3000–4900 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR
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from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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Discussion

Diplacus tricolor occurs in northwestern and south-central Oregon and from there across a disjunction to central California as far as Kern County.

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

Diplacus clevelandii is restricted to Orange, Riverside, and San Diego counties and in adjacent Mexico.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 447. FNA vol. 17, p. 448.
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. rupicola, D. rutilus, D. thompsonii, D. torreyi, D. traskiae, 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. 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
Synonyms Mimulus tricolor Mimulus clevelandii
Name authority (Hartweg ex Lindley) G. L. Nesom: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 30. (2012) (Brandegee) Greene: Erythea 4: 22. (1896) — (as clevelandi)
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