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Narrow Leaved Pansy Monkeyflower
( Diplacus angustatus )
Diplacus angustatus
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About Narrow Leaved Pansy Monkeyflower (Diplacus angustatus)
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Mimulus angustatus
is a species of monkeyflower known by the common names purplelip pansy monkeyflower and narrowleaf pansy monkeyflower. It is endemic to California, where its distribution is scattered around the North Coast Ranges through the San Joaquin Valley and a section of the Sierra Nevada foothills. It grows in moist habitat in open areas, such as vernal pools and meadows, sometimes carpeting an open area with its tiny pink blooms. This is a petite annual herb growing in ground-level tufts with hair-thin stems barely a centimeter tall. Its herbage is green to reddish in color, the paired linear leaves spreading about 1 to 3 centimeters long. The tubular base of the flower is surrounded by a hairy greenish to red calyx of sepals. The flower corolla is pale to bright pink to reddish-purple with one or more large purple spots, and sometimes yellow markings, in the throat. The trumpet-like corolla may be several centimeters long, much longer than the stem on which it is borne. Research suggests that the population size of this wildflower is positively affected by disturbance of the soil it grows in, especially by the activity of pocket gophers; plants growing on disturbed soil have bigger flowers, fewer plant competitors, and more pollen on their stigmas from greater numbers of neighboring M. angustatus.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Annual herb
Size
1.2 in tall
Flower Color
Pink, Green, Red
Wildlife Supported
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 7
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Common Buckeye
Junonia coenia
Junonia coenia
*
Variable Checkerspot
Euphydryas chalcedona
Euphydryas chalcedona
*
Mylitta Crescent
Phyciodes mylitta
Phyciodes mylitta
*
Edith's Checkerspot
Euphydryas editha
Euphydryas editha
*
Bilobed Looper Moth
Megalographa biloba
Megalographa biloba
*
Annaphila decia
Annaphila decia
*
Annaphila lithosina
Annaphila lithosina
Landscaping Information
Sun
Part Shade
Common uses
Hummingbird Gardens, Butterfly Gardens, Bee Gardens
Natural Setting
Site Type
Vernally wet depressions
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 30.8" - 68.9", Summer Precipitation: 0.37" - 1.33", Coldest Month: 42.2" - 52.0", Hottest Month: 62.6" - 73.2", Humidity: 1.46" - 22.00", Elevation: 780" - 4676"
Alternative Names
Botanical Names
: Mimulus angustatus
Common Names
: Narrow-leaved Pansy Monkeyflower, Narrowleaf Pansy Monkeyflower, Purplelip Pansy Monkeyflower
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Diplacus angustatus
Sources include:
Wikipedia
. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the
California Consortia of Herbaria
, Sunset information provided by
Jepson Flora Project
. Propogation from seed information provided by the
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include
CalPhotos
,
Wikimedia Commons
, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include
Calflora
,
CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online
,
Jepson Flora Project
,
Las Pilitas
,
Theodore Payne
,
Tree of Life
,
The Xerces Society
, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.
Links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page
CalPhotos
Wikipedia
Calflora
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