Diplacus bicolor

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Diplacus bicolor
Harlequin monkeyflower imported from iNaturalist photo 205763557 on 16 February 2024.jpg
Giant Sequoia National Monument, 2022
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Phrymaceae
Genus: Diplacus
Species:
D. bicolor
Binomial name
Diplacus bicolor
(A.Gray) Hrusa (2014)
Synonyms [1]
  • Diplacus whitneyi(A.Gray) G.L.Nesom (2012)
  • Eunanus bicolorA.Gray (1868)
  • Mimulus nanus var. bicolor(A.Gray) A.Gray (1876)
  • Mimulus whitneyiA.Gray (1886)

Diplacus bicolor is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name Harlequin monkeyflower. [2] It is also known as Diplacus whitneyi. [1] [3]

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Distribution and habitat

Diplacus bicolor is endemic to the southern Sierra Nevada of California, such as below the Mount Whitney area. It grows in bare and disturbed habitat, such as exposed talus slopes and roadsides.

Description

Diplacus bicolor is an herb growing up to about 14 centimeters tall. The oval to linear leaves reach up to 2.3 centimeters long. The tubular base of the flower is encapsulated in a dark-ribbed calyx of hairy sepals with pointed lobes.

The flower corolla is between 1 and 2 centimeters in length and may be pink or yellow. It generally has longitudinal stripes in the mouth.

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References

  1. 1 2 Diplacus bicolor (A.Gray) Hrusa. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  2. "Diplacus bicolor Calflora". www.calflora.org. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  3. Hrusa, G.F. 2014. Diplacus bicolor, correct name in the genus Diplacus for Mimulus whitneyi (Phrymaceae). Phytoneuron 2014-17: 1. Published 21 January 2014. ISSN 2153-733X