Diplacus jepsonii, formerly classified as Mimulus nanus var. jepsonii,[2][3][4][5] is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name Jepson's monkeyflower.
| Diplacus jepsonii | |
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| Diplacus jepsonii at Mount Rose, Nevada | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Phrymaceae |
| Genus: | Diplacus |
| Species: | D. jepsonii
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| Binomial name | |
| Diplacus jepsonii (A.L.Grant) G.L.Nesom
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Description
editDiplacus jepsonii is an annual herb producing a thin, erect stem up to about 10 centimeters long. The purple-green leaves are linear to oval in shape and up to 1.4 centimeters in length.[2]
The pinkish purple flower is around a centimeter long, its five-lobed mouth with broad yellow strips and purple spotting.[2] The bloom period is May to June.[3]
Taxonomy
editThis plant is sometimes nearly identical to Diplacus nanus and can be differentiated from it only by close examination of characteristics such as the arrangement of hairs inside the mouth of the flower.[6]
Distribution and habitat
editThe plant is native to northern California, western Nevada, and southern Oregon in the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade Range.[2][3]
It grows in openings of yellow pine forest, red fir forest, and lodgepole forest habitats, at elevations of 1,220–2,380 metres (4,000–7,810 ft).[2][3]
References
edit- ^ Barker, W. L. (Bill); et al. (2012). "A Taxonomic Conspectus of Phyrmaceae: A Narrowed Circumscription for MIMULUS, New and Resurrected Genera, and New Names and Combinations" (PDF). Phytoneuron. 39: 1–60. ISSN 2153-733X.
- ^ a b c d e "Jepson eFlora: Mimulus nanus var. jepsonii". herbaria4.herb.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Calflora: Mimulus nanus var. jepsonii". www.calflora.org. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ^ "Mimulus nanus var. jepsonii". USDA Plants. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ^ "Calflora: Mimulus jepsonii (not an active name)". www.calflora.org. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ^ Meinke, R. J. (1992). Differentiating Mimulus jepsonii and M. nanus in south-central Oregon: A problem in applied systematics. Kalmiopsis 2:10-16.
External links
edit- Calflora Database: Mimulus nanus var. jepsonii (Jepson's monkeyflower)
- Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2): Mimulus nanus var. jepsonii
- USDA Plants Profile for Mimulus nanus var. jepsonii (Jepson's monkeyflower)
- UC CalPhotos gallery
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