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Species of flowering plant

Diplacus pictus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Phrymaceae
Genus: Diplacus
Species: D. pictus
Binomial name
Diplacus pictus
(Greene) G.L.Nesom
Synonyms
  • Eunanus pictus Greene
  • Mimulus pictus (Greene) A.Gray

Diplacus pictus is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name calico monkeyflower.

Distribution

The wildflower is endemic to California, found only above the southeastern San Joaquin Valley within Kern County and Tulare County.

It is known only from the western Tehachapi Mountains and southernmost Sierra Nevada foothills, at elevations of 135–1,250 metres (443–4,101 ft). It grows in open California oak woodland habitat, in bare rocky soils around granite outcrops.

It is a listed Endangered species on the California Native Plant Society Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants.

Description

Diplacus pictus is a small annual herb growing from 2–38 centimetres (1–15 in) in height.

The stem is hairy and rectangular in cross-section. The oppositely arranged leaves are somewhat oval in shape and up to 4.5 centimeters long.

The tubular base of the flower is encapsulated in a dark reddish calyx of sepals with uneven lobes. The five-lobed flower has a maroon throat and the circular face is white with bold and intricately patterned purple-brown veining. The bloom period varies from March to May.

References

  1. "Diplacus pictus". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  2. ^ Calflora: Mimulus pictus
  3. 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
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. ^ Jepson eFlora (TJM2):Mimulus pictus
  8. Tejon Ranch Conservancy: Tejon Ranch Plant Species List, family Phrymaceae species
  9. California Native Plant Society, Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants (online edition, v8-02): Mimulus pictus . accessed 26 March 2016.

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Taxon identifiers
Diplacus pictus
Eunanus pictus
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