Diplacus parviflorus

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Diplacus parviflorus
Diplacus parviflorus Island Bush Monkeyflower Photo 161110853, (c) Steve Matson, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Steve Matson.jpg
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Phrymaceae
Genus: Diplacus
Species:
D. parviflorus
Binomial name
Diplacus parviflorus
Greene

Diplacus parviflorus, also known as the island bush monkeyflower, is a species of flowering plant endemic to California. [1] 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. [2] [3] This plant sometimes hybridizes with Diplacus longiflorus . [4] This species is attractive to butterflies including the western buckeye, mylitta crescent, and the variable checkerspot. [3] This species was formerly considered part of the Mimulus aurantiacus species complex. [5]

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References

  1. "Diplacus parviflorus (island bush monkeyflower)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  2. "Diplacus parviflorus Calflora". www.calflora.org. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
  3. 1 2 "Island Bush Monkeyflower, Diplacus parviflorus". calscape.org. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
  4. "Diplacus parviflorus - FNA". beta.floranorthamerica.org. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
  5. "The woody Diplacus of southern California" (PDF). rcrcd.org. 2017-12-28. Retrieved 2024-03-10.