Diplacus puniceus Calflora

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Taxon Report

Diplacus puniceus Curtis (Nutt.) D. M. Thomps.

Sticky monkey flower

Diplacus puniceus is a shrub that is native to California.

also called Mimulus aurantiacus var. puniceus


	Plant Range Observation Search ~969 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Diplacus
Family:	Phrymaceae (Scrophulariaceae)
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands: Occurs usually in non wetlands, occasionally in wetlands

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS + POWO

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Diplacus glutinosus var. puniceus
JEF	Mimulus aurantiacus var. puniceus
PLANTS	Mimulus glutinosus var. puniceus
JEF + PLANTS	Mimulus puniceus

Information about Diplacus puniceus from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (DIPU4) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
[wikipedia] Taxonomy, Flowers: Taxonomy This plant has a chromosome count of 2n = 20. It is known to hybridize with Diplacus ×australis. It is suspected to be one of the parents of D.×australis, along with D. longiflorus. Flowers. The type specimen was collected from San Diego in 1836 by Thomas Nutall. (link added by Mary Ann Machi) photos / record / common / links

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 03/31/2025).