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Orange Bush Monkeyflower
Orange Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus aurantiacus
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Chaparral shrubland
Range
Western North America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Common

About

A drought-tolerant evergreen shrub of California chaparral, prized for its trumpet-shaped apricot-orange blossoms. Its sticky resinous leaves deter herbivores and have been used by Indigenous peoples as a poultice for wounds.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Phrymaceae
Genus
Diplacus
Species
Diplacus aurantiacus