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Santa Cruz Island Monkeyflower

Diplacus brandegeei

Diplacus brandegeei is a rare annual wildflower from a few offshore California islands and Guadalupe Island in Mexico. It is protected and best left to conservation programs rather than grown in gardens.

Family
Phrymaceae (Phrym family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry between waterings, as in its natural dry island habitat.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gritty mix.
Temperature
Mild coastal conditions suit it; protect from hard frost.
Native range
California (Santa Cruz I., Santa Catalina I.), Guadalupe
Climate
subtropical

About

Diplacus brandegeei, also known as the Santa Cruz Island monkeyflower, is a species of flowering plant. This rare flower survives on Guadalupe Island in Mexico, but is believed to be extirpated on Santa Cruz Island in the United States, possibly because of livestock grazing. This plant has U.S. federal or California state protected status.

Other Diplacus plants

Narrowleaf Pansy Monkeyflower · San Diego bush monkeyflower · Diplacus × australis · Harlequin Monkeyflower · Bigelow's Monkeyflower · Bolander's 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 brandegeei 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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