Diplacus bigelovii var. cuspidatus

(A. L. Grant) G. L. Nesom

Phytoneuron 2012-39: 28. 2012.

Endemic
Basionym: Mimulus bigelovii var. cuspidatus A. L. Grant Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 11: 279. 1925
Synonyms: M. bigelovii var. panamintensis Munz M. spissus A. L. Grant
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 435. Mentioned on page 436.

Stem internodes usually subequal. Leaf-blades: proximals obovate to oblanceolate, distals usually relatively broader, apices of proximals abruptly acute-acuminate, distals abruptly acuminate, sometimes cuspidate.


Phenology: Flowering Feb–Jun(–Sep).
Habitat: Washes, dry hillsides, limestone outcrops, scree slopes, periphery of trees and shrubs.
Elevation: (10–)100–2300(–3300) m.

Distribution

Ariz., Calif., Nev., Utah.

Discussion

Leaves of var. cuspidatus sometimes are more congested near stem tips under conditions of severe drought stress. Seeds from plants identified as Mimulus spissus, with leaves and flowers densely crowded at least distally, were greenhouse grown by D. M. Thompson (2005), who found that they produced plants identical to var. cuspidatus.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"broader" is not a number.

acute-acuminate +
Guy L. Nesom +  and Melissa C. Tulig +
(A. L. Grant) G. L. Nesom +
long-tapered;petiolelike +
Mimulus bigelovii var. cuspidatus +
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br /> (2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
oblanceolate;elliptic;oblanceolate;elliptic;obovate +
not +, leathery +  and not fleshy +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
glandular-pubescent +
inflated +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
not +, rarely radially symmetric +  and weakly strongly bilabiate +
salverform;rotate +
acuminate +
Ariz. +, Calif. +, Nev. +  and Utah. +
(10–)100–2300(–3300) m. +
hairy +  and glabrous +
reflexed;nodding;erect +
reduced +
compressed;asymmetrically ovoid;lanceoloid or nearly cylindric +
Washes, dry hillsides, limestone outcrops, scree slopes, periphery of trees and shrubs. +
gland-tipped +
glandular-pubescent;glandular-villous +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
alternate +, opposite +, rosulate +  and subrosulate +
persistent +  and deciduous +
reduced +  and equal-sized +
not bilabiate +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (2.4 cm24 mm <br />0.024 m <br />) +
triangular +
subequal +
indurate +
palmate +  and subpinnate +
plane +  and toothed +
wing-angled +  and angled +
2 +, 1 +, 3 +  and 6 +
chasmogamous +
basal +  and superior +
tenuinucellate +  and unitegmic +
orthotropous +  and anatropous +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
rarely more or less equal to or slightly longer +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Flowering Feb–Jun(–Sep). +
obovate;oblanceolate +
Phytoneuron +
blackish +  and darkened +
yellow +  and olive green or dark-brown +
flattened +, ovoid +  and oblong +
dark reddish +
25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br /> (32 cm320 mm <br />0.32 m <br />) +
deciduous +
glandular-pubescent +  and glandular-villous +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
glandular-puberulent +
glandular-pubescent +
M. bigelovii var. panamintensis +  and M. spissus +
Diplacus bigelovii var. cuspidatus +
Diplacus bigelovii +
variety +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br />) +
dehiscent +, indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
10 +, 9 +  and 8 +