Diplacus layneae

Diplacus layneae is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name Layne's monkeyflower.

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

Distribution

It is endemic to California, where it is known from the mountains and slopes of the Klamath Range to the southern reaches of the Sierra Nevada. It grows in rocky barren and disturbed habitat, sometimes on serpentine soils.

Description

Diplacus layneae is a hairy annual herb producing a thin, erect stem reaching a maximum height near 28 centimeters. The oppositely arranged leaves are oval in shape and up to 2.5 centimeters in length. The tubular base of each flower is encapsulated in a ribbed calyx of sepals with pointed lobes. The flower is roughly 1 to 2 centimeters in length and any shade of pink from nearly white to deep magenta. There is usually white, yellow, and dark pink or purple mottling in the throat.

References
  1. Barker, W. L. (Bill); et al. (2012). "A Taxonomic Conspectus of Phyrmaceae: A Narrowed Circumscription for Mimulus, New and Resurrected Genera, and New Names and Combinations" (PDF). Phytoneuron. 39: 1–60. ISSN 2153-733X.


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