Species Details

Diplacus pictus

calico monkeyflower

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Classification

Scientific Name: Diplacus pictus (Curran ex Greene) G.L. Nesom
Common Name: calico monkeyflower
Family:	Phrymaceae
Element Code:	PDSCR1B240
USDA Plants Symbol:
Synonyms/Other Names: Mimulus pictus

Conservation Status

CA Rare Plant Rank:	1B.2
Fed List:	None
State List:	None
Global Rank:	G2
State Rank:	S2
Other Status:	BLM_S; SB_CalBG/RSABG
CRPR Changes:
Add Date:	1974-01-01
Date Edited:	2021-12-09

Ecology and Life History

Lifeform: annual herb

Blooming Period: Mar-May

Elevation:
100 - 1430 meters
330 - 4690 feet

General Habitats:

Broadleafed upland forest
Cismontane woodland

Microhabitat Details:

Microhabitat:

Disturbed areas
Granitic

Notes

Notes: Threatened by grazing and non-native plants. See Bulletin of the California Academy of Sciences 1:106 (1885) for original description, Phytoneuron 2012-39:1-60 (2012) for revised nomenclature, and Phytoneuron 2013-66:1-8 (2013) for taxonomic treatment.
Threats:
Taxonomy:

Threat List Data from the CNDDB

THREAT LIST:
Threat List Total:	8
	Total EOs	% of EOs
EOs with Threat Listed:	17	23 %
Grazing	9	12%
Non-native plant impacts	4	5%
Other	3	4%
Road/trail construction/maint.	3	4%
Foot traffic/trampling	2	2%
Mining	1	1%
Dam/Inundation	1	1%
Erosion/runoff	1	1%

Occurrence Data from the CNDDB

Element Occurrence Ranks:
Total Occurrences:					73
A	B	C	D	X	U
4	25	6	1	0	37

Occurrence Status:
Historical >20 Years	35
Recent <=20 Years	38

Presence:
Presumed Extant	73
Possibly Extirpated	0
Presumed Extirpated	0

Location

California Endemic:

California Island:

States: Name (Code)
California (CA)

California Counties and Islands: Name (Code)
Kern (KRN), Tulare (TUL)

Quads: Name (Quad Code)
Arvin (3511827), Bear Mountain (3511826), Bena (3511836), Chickencoop Canyon (3611838), Cummings Mtn. (3511815), Democrat Hot Springs (3511856), Frazier Valley (3611828), Glennville (3511866), Grapevine (3411888), Keene (3511825), Lebec (3411877), Lindsay (3611921), Loraine (3511834), Miracle Hot Springs (3511855), Mt. Adelaide (3511846), Oil Center (3511848), Oiler Peak (3511835), Onyx (3511862), Pastoria Creek (3411887), Pine Mountain (3511857), Quincy School (3511878), Rio Bravo Ranch (3511847), Rocky Hill (3611931), Sand Canyon (3511868), Success Dam (3611818), Tehachapi NE (3511823), Tehachapi North (3511824), Tehachapi South (3511814), Tejon Hills (3511817), Tejon Ranch (3511816), Weldon (3511863), White River (3511877), Winters Ridge (3411886), Woody (3511867)

Notes:

Definitions of codes following a county and/or quad:
*		Presumed extirpated
(?)		Occurrence confirmed, but possibly extirpated
Quad and county data is imported from the CNDDB. Species may be present in other areas where conditions are favorable. These data should NOT be substituted for pre-project review or for on-site surveys.

Regional Map

Map

Presumed Extant

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CNPS Rare Plant Inventory