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Diplacus fremontii is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name Fremont's monkeyflower. It is native to California and Baja California, where it grows in mountain and desert habitat, especially moist or disturbed areas. This is an annual herb with a thin stem growing 1 to 20 centimeters tall. The oval leaves are up to 3 centimeters long, the ones higher on the plant hairy in texture. The tubular base of the flower is encapsulated in a wide, ribbed, hairy calyx of sepals with pointed lobes. The corolla of the flower is reddish-purple with a darker pink throat with a yellow spot. There are occasionally all-yellow flowers. The flower is one to two centimeters in length.
Annual herb
0.4 - 8 in Tall
Pink
Containers
Partial Shade
Fast
Sandy, disturbed places, streambanks
Chaparral, Foothill Woodland, Joshua Tree Woodland, Yellow Pine Forest
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 7 likely
Orange Tortrix Moth
Argyrotaenia franciscana
Variable Checkerspot
Euphydryas chalcedona
Edith's Checkerspot
Euphydryas editha