Diplacus constrictus, the viscid monkeyflower or dense-fruited monkeyflower, is a species of annual flowering plant in the Phrymaceae family. It is native and entirely endemic to central and southern California. It is known from the southern Sierra Nevada, the Tehachapi Mountains, and the western Transverse Ranges from 790 to 2090 (2380) meters elevation, where it is typically found on slopes and road banks in runoff areas.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Dense fruited 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 fremontii
- Diplacus thompsonii
- Diplacus graniticola
- Diplacus layneae
- Diplacus compactus
- Diplacus bolanderi
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Phrymaceae
- Genus
- Diplacus
- Species
- Diplacus constrictus
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