Diplacus compactus, the compact monkeyflower, is a species of flowering plant. It is an annual endemic to California, where it grows in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada from 90 to 1250 metres elevation. It grows in chaparral clearings and in burned and disturbed areas.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Compact Monkeyflower being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Diplacus layneae
- Diplacus constrictus
- Diplacus fremontii
- Diplacus viscidus
- Erythranthe palmeri
- Erythranthe diffusa
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Phrymaceae
- Genus
- Diplacus
- Species
- Diplacus compactus
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