Diplacus kelloggii
Kellogg's monkeyflower
Family: Phrymaceae · Type: annual · Native
Kellogg's monkeyflower is a California native annual found in northwestern California, the northern Sierra Nevada foothills, and central Sierra Nevada forest regions in bare, unstable, or steep rocky areas at elevations of 50 to 1,525 meters. Flowering from March to June, this plant produces magenta to red-purple flowers with a spotted-gold throat, featuring a distinctive tubular corolla 20 to 45 millimeters long that gradually widens toward the tip. Growing with hairy stems 1 to 31 centimeters tall, it spreads across unstable terrain with delicate, slightly curved growth. Its elliptic to obovate leaves are 6 to 40 millimeters long, typically with a purplish underside that adds subtle color to the plant's appearance. The fruit is a hard, slightly curved cylindrical capsule 6 to 12 millimeters long.
Habitat: Bare, unstable or disturbed areas; steep slopes of soil or scree
Bloom period: Mar-Jun
Elevation: 50-1525 m
Bioregions: NW, CaRF, n&c SNF
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