Family | PHRYMACEAE |
Genus species | Diplacus aridus Abrams |
Bibliography | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club. 32: 540 (1905) |
Native Range | s. California to Baja California Norte |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 200-1500m |
Description | branchlets glabrous, leaves subsessile, elliptic to lanceolate, 2-5cm, dentate, obtuse, glabrous, flowers axillary, calyx glabrous, corolla 3-5cm, inside glabrous |
Size | 8-35cm |
Color | yellow, whitish, orange |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
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Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Diplacus aurantiacus var. aridus (Abrams) D.J.Keil Mimulus aridus (Abrams) A.L.Grant. Mimulus aurantiacus var. aridus (Abrams) D.M.Thomps. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) 79 Mexico (MXN Mexico Northwest) |