Diplacus leptaleus
| Diplacus leptaleus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Phrymaceae |
| Genus: | Diplacus |
| Species: | D. leptaleus |
| Binomial name | |
| Diplacus leptaleus (A.Gray) G.L.Nesom | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Diplacus leptaleus is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name slender monkeyflower.
Description
[edit]Diplacus leptaleus is a small, hairy annual herb growing at ground level or erect to a maximum height near 14 centimeters. The oppositely arranged leaves are linear or lance-shaped and up to 2.5 centimeters in length.
The tubular, wide-faced flower is under a centimeter long and may be magenta, white, or yellow in color, sometimes with dark spotting in the throat.
Distribution
[edit]Diplacus leptaleus is endemic to the Sierra Nevada of California and far western Nevada, where it grows in disturbed habitat and open, rocky slopes.
References
[edit]- ↑ Barker, W.R.; Nesom, G.L.; Beardsley, P.M.; Fraga, N.S. (2012), "A taxonomic conspectus of Phrymaceae: A narrowed circumscriptions for Mimulus, new and resurrected genera, and new names and combinations" (PDF), Phytoneuron, 2012–39: 1–60
External links
[edit]- Jepson Manual Treatment: Mimulus leptaleus
- USDA Plants Profile: Mimulus leptaleus
- Mimulus leptaleus Photo gallery
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