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Diplacus aridus
Also called Low Bush Monkeyflower
San Diego bush monkeyflower is a low, drought-tolerant subshrub with yellow flowers, native to coastal Southern California and Baja California. It needs full sun, sharp drainage and very little water once established.
Diplacus aridus, is a species of monkeyflower with yellow blossoms. It was formerly known as Mimulus aridus.
This species is native to San Diego County in Southern California, and to Baja California. In Baja California, Mimulus aridus occurs in association with Daucus pusillus and Adiantum jordanii.
Narrowleaf Pansy Monkeyflower · Diplacus × australis · Harlequin Monkeyflower · Bigelow's Monkeyflower · Bolander's Monkeyflower · Santa Cruz Island Monkeyflower · Wide Throat Yellow Monkey Flower · Kaweah River bush monkeyflower · Cascade Monkeyflower · Cleveland's bush monkeyflower · North Idaho Monkeyflower · Compact Monkeyflower
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Diplacus aridus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
