Diplacus bolanderi

Diplacus bolanderi
Tulare County, California, 2023
Apparently Secure
Apparently Secure (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Phrymaceae
Genus: Diplacus
Species:
D. bolanderi
Binomial name
Diplacus bolanderi
Synonyms[2]
  • Eunanus bolanderi (A.Gray) Greene
  • Mimulus bolanderi A.Gray
  • Mimulus bolanderi var. brachydontus A.L.Grant
  • Mimulus brevipes A.Gray, nom. illeg. homonym. post.
  • Mimulus platylaemus Pennell

Diplacus bolanderi is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name Bolander's monkeyflower.[3][4][5][6]

Distribution

It native to California and southwestern Oregon (Jackson County) where it grows in the chaparral, granite outcrops, and other habitat in the coastal and inland mountains and foothills, from the North Coast Ranges to the Sierra Nevada to the western Transverse Ranges.[1]

Description

Diplacus bolanderi is a hairy annual herb producing an erect stem reaching maximum heights anywhere from 2 to 90 centimeters. The lance-shaped to oval leaves are up to 6 centimeters long and arranged in opposite pairs about the stem. The base of the flower is encapsulated by a hairy, ribbed calyx of sepals with pointed lobes. The flower has a tubular throat and a wide, five-lobed mouth. It is 1 to 3 centimeters long and pink in color, usually with blotches of white in the throat.

References

  1. 1 2 NatureServe (2026). "Diplacus blander". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  2. ↑ "Diplacus bolanderi (A.Gray) G.L.Nesom". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  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. S2CID 198154155.
  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.
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