Calflora Taxon Report
Diplacus pulchellus  (Drew ex Greene) G.L. Nesom
yellow-lip pansy monkeyflower
Diplacus pulchellus is an annual herb that is native to California, and endemic (limited) to California.
also called Mimulus pulchellus
California Rare Plant Rank: 1B.2 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere).
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
Observation Search
~220 records in California
yellowone or more occurrences
within a 7.5-minute quadrangle
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Bloom Period
Genus: Diplacus
Family: Phrymaceae  
(Scrophulariaceae)
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands: Occurs usually in wetlands, occasionally in non wetlands

Habitat: meadows

Communities: Yellow Pine Forest, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS + POWO
Alternate Names:
JEFEunanus pulchellus
JEF + CNPSMimulus pulchellus
Information about Diplacus pulchellus from other sources
Nursery availability from CNPLX
Commercial availability unknown.
Jepson eFlora

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[wikipedia] Range, Habitat: Diplacus pulchellus is endemic to the Sierra Nevada foothills of California, where it can be found at vernal pools, meadows, and other wet, open habitat. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)

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