''Diplacus parviflorus'', also known as the island bush monkeyflower, is a
species
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of flowering plant endemic to California.
This
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
''Barne ...
is an uncommon plant found only on four of the
Channel Islands of California (
Anacapa,
San Clemente,
Santa Cruz, and
Santa Rosa
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Places Argentina
*Santa Rosa, Mendoza, a city
* Santa Rosa, Tinogasta, Catamarca
* Santa Rosa, Valle Viejo, Catamarca
*Santa Rosa, La Pampa
* Sa ...
) and in
San Diego County
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.
This plant sometimes hybridizes with ''
Diplacus longiflorus
''Diplacus longiflorus'' ( syn. ''Mimulus longiflorus''), commonly known as southern bush monkeyflower, is a species of monkeyflower native to southwestern California (United States) and Baja California Norte
Baja California (; 'Lower Califor ...
''. This species is attractive to butterflies including the
western buckeye,
mylitta crescent, and the
variable checkerspot.
This species was formerly considered part of the ''
Mimulus aurantiacus
''Diplacus aurantiacus'', the sticky monkey-flower or orange bush monkey-flower, is a flowering plant that grows in a subshrub form, native to southwestern North America from southwestern Oregon south through most of California. It is a member of ...
'' species complex.
References
parviflorus
Natural history of the Channel Islands of California
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