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Dwarf Purple Monkeyflower
Diplacus nanus
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
skunky monkeyflowerDiplacus mephiticus
Deschutes MonkeyflowerDiplacus deschutesensis
Jepson's MonkeyflowerDiplacus jepsonii
Layne's monkeyflowerDiplacus layneae
Cascade MonkeyflowerDiplacus cascadensis
Kellogg's monkeyflowerDiplacus kelloggii
Torrey's monkeyflowerDiplacus torreyi
Steamboat MonkeyflowerDiplacus ovatus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 1,703 |
|---|---|
| Idaho | 570 |
| Oregon | 535 |
| California | 469 |
| Nevada | 136 |
| Wyoming | 33 |
| Washington | 7 |
| Utah | 1 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Mints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales |
| Family | lopseed family · Phrymaceae |
| Genus | Diplacus |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Dwarf Purple Monkeyflower with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.