| Diplacus parviflorus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Phrymaceae |
| Genus: | Diplacus |
| Species: | D. parviflorus |
| Binomial name | |
| Diplacus parviflorus | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Diplacus parviflorus, also known as the island bush monkeyflower, is a species of flowering plant endemic to California. [2] This monkeyflower is an uncommon plant found only on four of the Channel Islands of California (Anacapa, San Clemente, Santa Cruz, and Santa Rosa) and in San Diego County. [3] [4] This plant sometimes hybridizes with Diplacus longiflorus . [5] This species is attractive to butterflies including the western buckeye, mylitta crescent, and the variable checkerspot. [4] This species was formerly considered part of the Mimulus aurantiacus species complex. [6]
