Diplacus clevelandii

(Brandegee) Greene

Erythea 4: 22. 1896. (as clevelandi)

Common names: Cleveland’s bush monkeyflower
Basionym: Mimulus clevelandii Brandegee Gard. & Forest 8: 134, fig. 20. 1895
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 448. Mentioned on page 427.

Herbs, perennial, sometimes rhizomatous. Stems erect, (200–)300–950(–1250) mm, glandular-villous. Leaves basal and cauline, relatively even-sized; petiole absent; blade lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, 20–110(–130) × 5–33(–40) mm, margins dentate to serrate, plane or revolute, apex acute, surfaces finely pubescent-glandular. Pedicels 2–4(–7) mm in fruit. Flowers 2 per node, chasmogamous. Calyces not inflated in fruit, 20–35(–37) mm, densely glandular-pubescent, tube slightly dilated distally, lobes subequal, apex acute. Corollas bright golden yellow, often with reddish brown speckling on throat floor, palate ridges yellow, tube-throat 21–40 mm, limb 25–30 mm diam., nearly regular, lobes obovate-oblong. Anthers included, glabrous. Styles minutely glandular. Stigmas included, lobes unequal, abaxial 2 times longer than adaxial. Capsules 8–15(–17) mm. 2n = 20.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–Jun(–Jul).
Habitat: Dry, rocky openings in chaparral, roadcuts.
Elevation: 900–1500 m.

Distribution

Calif., Mexico (Baja California).

Discussion

Diplacus clevelandii is restricted to Orange, Riverside, and San Diego counties and in adjacent Mexico.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Diplacus clevelandii"
Guy L. Nesom +  and Melissa C. Tulig +
(Brandegee) Greene +
Mimulus clevelandii +
Cleveland’s bush monkeyflower +
Calif. +  and Mexico (Baja California). +
900–1500 m. +
Dry, rocky openings in chaparral, roadcuts. +
Flowering Apr–Jun(–Jul). +
Eunanus +  and Mimulus sect. Diplacus +
Diplacus clevelandii +
Diplacus +
species +