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North Idaho Monkeyflower

Diplacus clivicola

North Idaho monkeyflower is a small annual wildflower native to the Pacific Northwest, found on steep, disturbed, moist mineral slopes. It is not a common garden plant, so grow it from seed in open, well-drained soil in full sun.

Family
Phrymaceae (Phrym family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing in spring, then let the soil dry a little between waterings.
Soil
Sandy or gravelly mineral soil with good drainage.
Temperature
Hardy in cool temperate climates; tolerates cold winters as a seed but grows as an annual in spring.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
NW. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Diplacus clivicola, the hill monkeyflower, is a species of flowering plant. It is an annual native to Idaho, Montana, and Oregon.

It grows in moist, exposed mineral soil exposed by natural or human disturbances on bluffs and valley slopes, typically on steep (generally > 60%) south-facing slopes with spring moisture, from 500 to 2000 meters elevation.

Other Diplacus plants

Narrowleaf Pansy Monkeyflower · San Diego bush 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 · Compact Monkeyflower

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Diplacus clivicola 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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