Biology:Diplacus leptaleus

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Diplacus leptaleus
Mimulus leptaleus.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Phrymaceae
Genus: Diplacus
Species:
D. leptaleus
Binomial name
Diplacus leptaleus
(A.Gray) G.L.Nesom
Synonyms[1]
  • Eunanus leptaleus (A.Gray) Greene
  • Mimulus leptaleus A.Gray

Diplacus leptaleus is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name slender monkeyflower.

Description

Diplacus leptaleus is a small, hairy annual herb growing at ground level or erect to a maximum height near 14 centimeters. The oppositely arranged leaves are linear or lance-shaped and up to 2.5 centimeters in length.

The tubular, wide-faced flower is under a centimeter long and may be magenta, white, or yellow in color, sometimes with dark spotting in the throat.

Distribution

Diplacus leptaleus is endemic to the Sierra Nevada of California and far western Nevada, where it grows in disturbed habitat and open, rocky slopes.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q17746303 entry