| Diplacus torreyi | |
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Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Phrymaceae |
| Genus: | Diplacus |
| Species: | D. torreyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Diplacus torreyi (
A.Gray) G.L.Nesom
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| Synonyms [1] | |
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Diplacus torreyi is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name Torrey's monkeyflower. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Distribution
This species is endemic to eastern montane California, where it is known from the high mountain ranges of the southern Cascades through all the Sierra Nevada into the Tehachapi Mountains.
It grows in open and disturbed mountain habitat types, such as rock outcrops.
Description
Diplacus torreyi is an annual herb growing 4 to 38 centimeters tall. The oppositely arranged oval leaves are up to 4 centimeters long and generally oval in shape. The tubular base of the flower is encapsulated in a thin, green, lightly hairy calyx of sepals. The flower corolla is 1 to 2 centimeters long and divided into a reflexed upper lip and slightly protruding lower lip.
The flower is pink in color with two gold stripes with magenta borders in the mouth, and usually no spotting or other markings.
References
- ^ a b 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
- ^ Beardsley, P. M.; Yen, Alan; Olmstead, R. G. (2003). "AFLP Phylogeny of Mimulus Section Erythranthe and the Evolution of Hummingbird Pollination". Evolution. 57 (6): 1397–1410. doi: 10.1554/02-086. JSTOR 3448862. PMID 12894947. S2CID 198154155.
- ^ Beardsley, P. M.; Olmstead, R. G. (2002). "Redefining Phrymaceae: the placement of Mimulus, tribe Mimuleae, and Phryma". American Journal of Botany. 89 (7): 1093–1102. doi: 10.3732/ajb.89.7.1093. JSTOR 4122195. PMID 21665709.
- ^ Beardsley, P. M.; Schoenig, Steve E.; Whittall, Justen B.; Olmstead, Richard G. (2004). "Patterns of Evolution in Western North American Mimulus (Phrymaceae)". American Journal of Botany. 91 (3): 474–4890. doi: 10.3732/ajb.91.3.474. JSTOR 4123743. PMID 21653403.
External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment — Mimulus torreyi
- USDA Plants Profile: Mimulus torreyi
- Mimulus torreyi — Photo gallery
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