Diplacus torreyi

Torrey's monkeyflower

Family: Phrymaceae · Type: annual · Native

Torrey's monkeyflower is a California native annual found in southern California Ranges and Sierra Nevada in bare or disturbed, open areas at elevations of 600 to 2,000 meters. Flowering from May to August, this plant produces light rose to magenta flowers with distinctive yellow stripes and dark magenta lower lip margins. Growing with slender stems 4 to 38 centimeters tall and covered in fine hairs, it has a delicate, sprawling form. Its leaves are oblanceolate or elliptic, generally 6 to 40 millimeters long with barely noticeable petioles that become smaller toward the stem tips. The fruit develops 6 to 11 millimeters long, completing the plant's brief but vibrant annual lifecycle.

Habitat: Bare or disturbed, open areas

Bloom period: May-Aug

Elevation: 600-2000 m

Bioregions: s CaRH, SN.

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