Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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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.

Plant type

Annual herb

Size

0.4 - 8 in Tall

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Color

Pink

Special uses

Containers

Sun

Partial Shade

Soil drainage

Fast

Site type

Sandy, disturbed places, streambanks

Plant communities

Chaparral, Foothill Woodland, Joshua Tree Woodland, Yellow Pine Forest

Hummingbirds
Bees
Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 7 likely

Confirmed Likely

Annaphila decia

Orange Tortrix Moth

Argyrotaenia franciscana

Variable Checkerspot

Euphydryas chalcedona

Edith's Checkerspot

Euphydryas editha