Diplacus clevelandii
Species of flowering plant
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Diplacus clevelandii is an uncommon species of monkeyflower known by the common name Cleveland's bush monkeyflower.[3] It was formerly known as Mimulus clevelandii.[2][4][5][6]
| Diplacus clevelandii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Phrymaceae |
| Genus: | Diplacus |
| Species: | D. clevelandii |
| Binomial name | |
| Diplacus clevelandii | |
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Its specific epithet clevelandii honors 19th-century San Diego–based plant collector and lawyer Daniel Cleveland.[7]
Distribution
It is endemic to the Peninsular Ranges of southern California and northern Baja California, where it grows in chaparral and oak woodland habitats, including in disturbed areas.
It is a Vulnerable species on the California Native Plant Society Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants.[8]
Description
Diplacus clevelandii is a sturdy perennial herb producing a hairy erect stem up to 90 centimeters tall from a woody caudex. The hairy lance-shaped or oblong leaves are up to 10 centimeters long and oppositely arranged, often with smaller leaves growing in their axils.
The tubular base of each flower is encapsulated in a hairy calyx of sepals over 2 centimeters long with long, pointed lobes. The flower corolla is bright yellow and up to 4 centimeters in length with a wide, five-lobed mouth. Its bloom period is April to June.
