Brownies

Description

Diplacus douglasii is a diminutive annual herb that produces a magenta flower. The overall stature of the plant is very small, varying in height from 0.3 - 4 centimeters tall. Like other monkeyflowers, the flowers are bisexual and bilaterally symmetrical, with fused petals that form a tube-throat.The throat has gold and purple stripes, which form bold mottling. The tube and upper lips are magenta, and the lower lobes are so reduced that they appear absent. The flowers can be open or cleistogamous, staying closed and self-pollinating. The flower is persistent and sits atop a 2 - 4 millimeter pedicel. The calyx is generally green, hairy, and ranges in size from 8 - 14 millimeters, with unequal lobes. The leaves are ovate to obovate blades, which range in size from 5 - 28 millimeters. The upper side of the leaves are a shiny green and are generally hairy. The seeds are hard, asymmetrically-ovid, and range in size from 2.5 - 6.5 millimeters.