Diplacus rupicola

(Coville & A. L. Grant) G. L. Nesom & N. S. Fraga

Phytoneuron 2012-39: 27. 2012.

Common names: Death Valley monkeyflower rock midget
Endemic
Basionym: Mimulus rupicola Coville & A. L. Grant J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 26: 99, fig. s.n. [p. 100]. 1936
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 448. Mentioned on page 427, 428.
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Herbs, perennial, with woody caudex. Stems erect to ascending, sometimes pendent, 10–170 mm, densely and finely glandular-puberulent. Leaves usually basal rosettes and proximal cauline, relatively even-sized; petiole absent, base gradually narrowed to broad, petiole-like extension; blade oblanceolate, (10–)18–60(–80) × (1.5–)3–15(–26) mm, margins entire, plane, not ciliate, apex acute, surfaces glandular-puberulent. Pedicels 1–3 mm in fruit. Flowers 1 or 2 per node, chasmogamous. Calyces asymmetrically attached to pedicel, not inflated in fruit, 8–18 mm, densely glandular-puberulent, lobes unequal, apex acuminate, ribs green, intercostal areas pale green. Corollas: limb pinkish white to nearly white with a large magenta-purple round or 2-lobed blotch at base of each lobe, throat and palate ridges golden yellow with magenta speckling, palate ridges short-pilose, throat glabrous, tube-throat 17–35 mm, limb 8–21 mm diam., not bilabiate. Anthers included, glabrous or slightly puberulent at base. Styles glandular-puberulent. Stigmas included, lobes equal. Capsules 3–8 mm, indehiscent until senescence of pedicel, then opening along both sutures only after wetting. 2n = 16.


Phenology: Flowering Feb–Jun.
Habitat: Crevices in limestone cliffs and walls, limestone ridge tops and slopes, wash edges, gravelly slopes, canyon sides.
Elevation: 300–1800 m.

Discussion

Diplacus rupicola is known from Inyo County.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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Guy L. Nesom +  and Melissa C. Tulig +
(Coville & A. L. Grant) G. L. Nesom & N. S. Fraga +
Mimulus rupicola +
Death Valley monkeyflower +  and rock midget +
300–1800 m. +
Crevices in limestone cliffs and walls, limestone ridge tops and slopes, wash edges, gravelly slopes, canyon sides. +
Flowering Feb–Jun. +
Phytoneuron +
Eunanus +  and Mimulus sect. Diplacus +
Diplacus rupicola +
Diplacus +
species +