''Diplacus mephiticus'' 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 names skunky monkeyflower and foul odor monkeyflower. It was formerly known as ''Mimulus mephiticus''.
It has been reclassified as ''Mimulus nanus'' (now ''Diplacus'') var. ''mephiticus''.
Distribution
The species is native to the
Sierra Nevada
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and western
Great Basin
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of
California
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and
Nevada
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.
Description
''Mimulus nanus'' var. ''mephiticus'' is a diminutive summer annual growing to a height of 15 cm (usually much smaller, especially at high elevation).
The oppositely arranged leaves are linear or lance-shaped and up to 3 centimeters in length. The leaves emit an unpleasant scent when crushed, the characteristic that earned the plant its name.
[Blackwell, L. R. (2006)]
Great Basin Wildflowers
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The trumpet-shaped flower may be up to 2 centimeters long and has an upper lip with two lobes and a lower lip with three. The flower is magenta or yellow, and populations occasionally have plants with both colors. The lower lip of the flower is marked with purplish lines and spots.
See also
*
List of plants of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
*
*''
Diplacus nanus''
References
External links
Calflora Database: ''Mimulus nanus'' var. ''mephiticus'' (Skunky monkeyflower)Jepson eFlora (TJM2): ''Mimulus nanus'' var. ''mephiticus''USDA Plants Profile for ''Mimulus nanus'' var. ''mephiticus'' (foul odor monkeyflower)UC Photo gallery
mephiticus
Flora of California
Flora of Nevada
Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Flora of the Great Basin
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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