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Diplacus graniticola
Also called Granite Cracked Monkeyflower
A small, low-growing annual from the Sierra Nevada of California that sprouts in cracks and crevices of granite rock. It is grown mainly by enthusiasts of native and rock-garden plants, and it needs sharp drainage and sun.
Diplacus graniticola, the granite-crack monkeyflower, is a species of flowering plant endemic to the Sierra Nevada of California. It is a low-growing annual, 6-15 cm tall, which grows in cracks and crevices on granite rocks from 300 to 2100 meters elevation.
The species was described by Steve E. Schoenig in 2017.
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 · North Idaho Monkeyflower
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Diplacus graniticola 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.
