Diplacus parryi

(A. Gray) G. L. Nesom & N. S. Fraga

Phytoneuron 2012-39: 27. 2012.

Common names: Parry’s monkeyflower
IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Mimulus parryi A. Gray Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 11: 97. 1876
Synonyms: M. spissus var. lincolnensis Edwin
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 442. Mentioned on page 429, 431, 432, 443.

Herbs, annual. Stems erect, 10–120 (–170) mm, finely and minutely glandular-puberulent. Leaves usually cauline, relatively even-sized; petiole absent; blade narrowly elliptic to sublinear or oblanceolate, sometimes obovate, (5–) 8–25 (–31) × (1–) 2–9 (–12) mm, margins entire, plane, not ciliate, apex: proximals usually rounded, distals usually acute, surfaces glandular-puberulent. Pedicels (1.5–) 2–4 (–9) mm in fruit. Flowers 2 per node, or 1 or 2 per node on 1 plant, chasmogamous. Calyces symmetrically attached to pedicels, not inflated in fruit, (5–) 7–12 (–13) mm, glandular-puberulent, lobes unequal, adaxial longer, apex broadly rounded to acute, often apiculate, ribs often dark purple, intercostal areas purplish or white. Corollas of 2 color forms: (a) magenta, ± deepening at mouth, usually with 6–8 darker spots in arc on abaxial lip around mouth, throat floor yellow to whitish with reddish speckling and (b) yellow with 6–8 narrow reddish spots or lines in arc on abaxial lip around mouth and reddish speckling on throat floor, palate ridges yellow extending onto lip, tube-throat (10–) 12–18 (–20) mm, limb 11–17.5 (–20) mm diam., not bilabiate. Anthers included, glabrous. Styles glandular-puberulent. Stigmas included, lobes equal. Capsules (5.5–) 6.5–10.5 mm. 2n = 16.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–Jun(–Jul).
Habitat: Banks, gravel bars, washes, sandy ravines, rocky hillsides, ledges and bases of limestone ledges and boulders, clay loam-basalt, bare areas, often with Coleogyne and Larrea, sagebrush and pinyon-juniper.
Elevation: (600–)800–1700(–2200) m.

Distribution

Ariz., Calif., Nev., Utah.

Discussion

Diplacus parryi has a limited range, primarily in the Mohave Desert in four states: Arizona (Mohave County), California (Inyo County, where apparently disjunct, in pinyon-juniper woodlands, and at higher than typical elevation), Nevada (Clark and Lincoln counties), and Utah (Washington County). The glandular-puberulent vestiture and unequal calyx lobes are diagnostic.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Diplacus parryi"
broadly rounded +  and acute +
Guy L. Nesom +  and Melissa C. Tulig +
(A. Gray) G. L. Nesom & N. S. Fraga +
Mimulus parryi +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (3.1 cm31 mm <br />0.031 m <br />) +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
obovate;narrowly elliptic;sublinear or oblanceolate +
not +, leathery +  and not fleshy +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
glandular-puberulent +
not inflated +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br /> (0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br />) +
0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br /> (1.05 cm10.5 mm <br />0.0105 m <br />) +
Parry’s monkeyflower +
not +, rarely radially symmetric +  and weakly strongly bilabiate +
darker spots;deepening;magenta +
salverform;rotate +
Ariz. +, Calif. +, Nev. +  and Utah. +
(600–)800–1700(–2200) m. +
hairy +  and glabrous +
reflexed;nodding;erect +
reduced +
compressed;asymmetrically ovoid;lanceoloid or nearly cylindric +
Banks, gravel bars, washes, sandy ravines, rocky hillsides, ledges and bases of limestone ledges and boulders, clay loam-basalt, bare areas, often with Coleogyne and Larrea, sagebrush and pinyon-juniper. +
gland-tipped +
white +  and purplish +
alternate +, opposite +, rosulate +  and subrosulate +
persistent +  and deciduous +
equal-sized +
not bilabiate +
1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br /> (1.75 cm17.5 mm <br />0.0175 m <br />) +
reddish spots +
6 +  and 8 +
triangular;deltate +
unequal +
palmate +  and subpinnate +
wing-angled +  and angled +
2 +  and 1 +
chasmogamous +
basal +  and superior +
tenuinucellate +  and unitegmic +
orthotropous +  and anatropous +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
rarely more or less equal to or slightly longer +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Flowering Apr–Jun(–Jul). +
Phytoneuron +
dark purple +
yellow +  and olive green or dark-brown +
flattened +, ovoid +  and oblong +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (17 cm170 mm <br />0.17 m <br />) +
deciduous +
glandular-puberulent +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
glandular-puberulent +
glandular-puberulent +
M. spissus var. lincolnensis +
Diplacus parryi +
Diplacus +
species +
1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
reddish +, yellow +  and whitish +
dehiscent +, indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
10 +, 9 +  and 8 +