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Rattan's Monkeyflower

Diplacus rattanii

Rattan's Monkeyflower
Photo: Justin Paulin, CC BY 4.0

Rattan's monkeyflower is a small annual wildflower native to California's North and Central Coast Ranges, grown for its magenta flowers. It does best in open, sunny, well-drained spots and is a wildflower for natural or rock garden settings.

Family
Phrymaceae (Phrym family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Water lightly during establishment, then let the soil dry between waterings; it needs little water once established.
Soil
Sandy or gravelly, well-drained soil; poor soil is fine.
Temperature
10–25 °C; tolerates cool conditions, protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
California
Climate
subtropical

About

Diplacus rattanii is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name Rattan's monkeyflower.

Where it grows

It is endemic to California, where it is known from the North and Central Coast Ranges. It grows in open and disturbed habitat types, such as rock outcrops and areas recently cleared by wildfire.

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 · North Idaho Monkeyflower

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Diplacus rattanii 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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