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Bigelow's Monkeyflower

Diplacus bigelovii

Bigelow's Monkeyflower
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0

Bigelow's monkeyflower is a small hairy annual of dry desert and slope habitats in the southwestern US and Baja California, grown mainly as a wildflower. The key to growing it is sharp drainage and sun, since it dies off after one season and reseeds.

Family
Phrymaceae (Phrym family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Water lightly at sowing and during dry spells in spring; let soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Sandy or gritty, well-drained soil; poor soil is fine.
Temperature
10-30 °C; tolerates light frost but not hard freezes.
How easy
Easy
Native range
SW. U.S.A. to Mexico (Baja California Norte)
Climate
temperate

About

Diplacus bigelovii is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name Bigelow's monkeyflower. It is native to the southwestern United States and Baja California, where it grows in desert and slope habitats. It was formerly known as Mimulus bigelovii.

Other Diplacus plants

Narrowleaf Pansy Monkeyflower · San Diego bush monkeyflower · Diplacus × australis · Harlequin 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 bigelovii 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.

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