Diplacus parviflorus

Island bush monkeyflower

Family: Phrymaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.3

Island bush monkeyflower is a California native shrub found on the Channel Islands including Anacapa, San Clemente, Santa Cruz, and Santa Rosa in rocky hillsides, canyon walls, and cliffs at elevations below 600 meters. Flowering from March to June, this plant produces dark orange to red flowers with tubular corollas and distinctive lobes. Growing as a subshrub with glabrous stems, it reaches variable heights with lance-elliptic to ovate leaves that are uniformly green and can have slightly rolled edges during drought conditions. Its leaves are typically entire or lightly toothed, with smooth surfaces and flat or slightly curved margins. Typically bearing two flowers per node, the plant produces fruits 14 to 21 millimeters long that split along the upper suture.

Habitat: Rocky hillsides, canyon walls, cliffs

Bloom period: Mar-Jun

Elevation: < 600 m

Bioregions: ChI (Anacapa, San Clemente, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa islands).

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.