''Diplacus kelloggii'' is a species of
monkeyflower Monkey flower can refer to:
*Several genera of plant family Phrymaceae, including:
** ''Diplacus''
** ''Erythranthe''
** ''Mimulus''
*Various snapdragon-like Lamiales, including:
** ''Linaria vulgaris''
** ''Phyllocarpus septentrionalis
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known by the common name Kellogg's monkeyflower. It is native to the mountains and foothills of northern
California
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and southern
Oregon
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, where it grows in bare, disturbed, and shifting substrates, such as recent rockslides and
scree.
Description
It is an annual herb producing a hairy stem reaching maximum heights between 1 and 31 centimeters. The oppositely arranged oval leaves are up to 4 centimeters in length and green in color, sometimes with purple undersides. The narrow, tubular base of each flower is encapsulated in a thick calyx of
sepal
A sepal () is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants). Usually green, sepals typically function as protection for the flower in bud, and often as support for the petals when in bloom., p. 106 The term ''sepalum'' was coined b ...
s with uneven lobes. The funnel-shaped flower is up to 4.5 centimeters long, opening into a wide mouth, its two upper lobes wider than the three lower. The flower is reddish-purple in color, darkening in the throat where it is spotted with yellow.
References
External links
Jepson Manual TreatmentUSDA Plants ProfilePhoto gallery
kelloggii
Flora of California
Flora of Oregon
Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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