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Diplacus mephiticus
Also called Mt. Rose Monkeyflower, Foul Odor Monkeyflower, Skunky Monkeyflower, Yellow And Purple Monkeyflower
A tiny summer annual monkeyflower from the Sierra Nevada and western Great Basin, known for its skunky-smelling leaves. It grows wild in sunny, disturbed, gravelly granite soils, so it needs open, lean, fast-draining conditions.
Diplacus mephiticus is a species of monkeyflower known by the common names skunky monkeyflower and foul odor monkeyflower. It was formerly known as Mimulus mephiticus.
The species is native to the Sierra Nevada and western Great Basin of California and Nevada, including the Modoc Plateau, Warner Mountains, White Mountains, and Inyo Mountains. It grows in openings in sagebrush scrub and disturbed areas, typically on granite-derived soils, from 470 to 3,975 meters elevation.
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 mephiticus 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.
