Diplacus thompsonii, commonly known as Thompson's monkeyflower, is a species of annual flowering plant in the family Phrymaceae. It is native to the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada and the White Mountains and Inyo Mountains of central eastern California. It grows on granitic soils and sands on sandy slopes, in dry sagebrush flats, and in open pinyon and Jeffrey pine woodland from 1,800 to 2,600 meters elevation.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Thompson's 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 constrictus
- Diplacus ovatus
- Diplacus graniticola
- Diplacus johnstonii
- Diplacus mephiticus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Phrymaceae
- Genus
- Diplacus
- Species
- Diplacus thompsonii
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