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{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = J20160513-0063—Mimulus pictus—RPBG (27080644345).jpg
| genus = Diplacus
| species = pictus
| authority = (Greene) G.L.Nesom
| synonyms = *''Eunanus pictus'' <small>Greene</small>
*''Mimulus pictus'' <small>(Greene) A.Gray</small>
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="powo">{{Cite POWO|id=77120022-1|title=''Diplacus pictus''|access-date=15 May 2022}}</ref>
}}

'''''Diplacus pictus''''' is a species of [[Biology:Diplacus|monkeyflower]] known by the common name '''calico monkeyflower'''.<ref name=calflora>[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Mimulus+pictus Calflora: ''Mimulus pictus'']</ref><ref>{{citation |author1=Barker, W.R. |author2=Nesom, G.L. |author3=Beardsley, P.M. |author4=Fraga, N.S. |year=2012 |title=A taxonomic conspectus of Phrymaceae: A narrowed circumscriptions for ''Mimulus'', new and resurrected genera, and new names and combinations |journal=Phytoneuron |volume=2012–39 |pages=1–60 |url=http://www.phytoneuron.net/PhytoN-Phrymaceae.pdf}}</ref><ref name="beardolm2">{{cite journal | last1 = Beardsley | first1 = P. M.|last2=Yen|first2=Alan | last3 = Olmstead | first3 = R. G. | year = 2003 | title = AFLP Phylogeny of Mimulus Section Erythranthe and the Evolution of Hummingbird Pollination| journal = Evolution | volume = 57 | issue =6| pages = 1397–1410|jstor=3448862 | doi=10.1554/02-086| pmid = 12894947}}</ref><ref name="beardolm1">{{cite journal | last1 = Beardsley | first1 = P. M. | last2 = Olmstead | first2 = R. G. | year = 2002 | title = Redefining Phrymaceae: the placement of ''Mimulus'', tribe Mimuleae, and ''Phryma'' | journal = American Journal of Botany | volume = 89 | issue = 7 | pages = 1093–1102 | doi=10.3732/ajb.89.7.1093|jstor=4122195 | pmid = 21665709}}</ref><ref name="Schoenig">{{cite journal | last1 = Beardsley | first1 = P. M.|last2=Schoenig|first2=Steve E.| last3 = Whittall | first3 = Justen B. | last4 = Olmstead| first4 =Richard G.  | year = 2004 | title =Patterns of Evolution in Western North American Mimulus (Phrymaceae) | journal = American Journal of Botany| volume =91 | issue =3| pages = 474–4890|jstor=4123743 | doi=10.3732/ajb.91.3.474 | pmid = 21653403| doi-access = free}}</ref>

==Distribution==
The wildflower is [[Biology:Endemism|endemic]] to {{wipe|California}}, found only above the southeastern San Joaquin Valley within Kern County and Tulare County.<ref name=calflora/>

It is known only from the western Tehachapi Mountains and southernmost Sierra Nevada foothills, at elevations of {{convert|135|-|1250|m|ft}}.<ref name=calflora/><ref name=jepson>[http://herbaria4.herb.berkeley.edu/eflora_display.php?tid=33691 Jepson eFlora (TJM2):''Mimulus pictus'']{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160407035245/http://www.tejonconservancy.org/index_htm_files/Tejon%20Ranch%20Plants%202013-8-1.pdf  Tejon Ranch Conservancy: Tejon Ranch Plant Species List, family Phrymaceae species]</ref>  It grows in open [[Biology:California oak woodland|California oak woodland]] habitat, in bare rocky soils around granite outcrops.<ref name=calflora/><ref name=jepson/>

It is a listed [[Biology:Endangered species|Endangered species]] on the [[Organization:California Native Plant Society|California Native Plant Society]] Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants.<ref>[http://www.rareplants.cnps.org/detail/247.html California Native Plant Society, Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants (online edition, v8-02): ''Mimulus pictus''] . accessed 26 March 2016.</ref>

==Description==
''Diplacus pictus'' is a small annual herb growing from {{convert|2|-|38|cm|in|0}} in height.<ref name=jepson/>

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 [[Biology:Sepal|sepal]]s 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.<ref name=jepson/> The bloom period varies from March to May.<ref name=jepson/>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=5542 Calflora Database: ''Mimulus pictus'' (Calico monkeyflower)]
*[http://herbaria4.herb.berkeley.edu/eflora_display.php?tid=33599 Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of ''Mimulus pictus'']{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=MIPI2 USDA Plants Profile for ''Mimulus pictus'' (calico monkeyflower)]
*[http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Mimulus+pictus UC CalPhotos gallery − ''Mimulus pictus'']

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[[Category:Diplacus|pictus]]

{{Sourceattribution|Diplacus pictus}}