Diplacus pulchellus

Yellow-lip pansy monkeyflower, Yellow-Lip Pansy Monkeyflower

Family: Phrymaceae · Type: annual · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

Yellow-lip pansy monkeyflower is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native annual found in northern and central Sierra Nevada Foothill counties of Calaveras, Tuolumne, and Mariposa in vernally wet depressions and seepage areas at elevations of 600 to 2,000 meters. Flowering from April to July, this plant produces lavender to purple flowers with a distinctive golden-yellow lower lip marked with small dark dots at its base. Growing extremely compact and tiny, less than 1 centimeter tall with puberulent stems, it forms dense, delicate clusters. Its leaves are linear, 8 to 35 millimeters long, with ciliate edges especially on the lower half of the plant. The small fruit is oblique-ovoid, hard, and approximately 3 to 5.5 millimeters long.

Habitat: Vernally wet depressions or seepage areas

Bloom period: Apr-Jul

Elevation: 600-2000 m

Bioregions: n&ampc SNF (Calaveras, Tuolumne, Mariposa cos.).

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