Erythranthe geniculata |
Erythranthe guttata |
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seep monkey-flower, yellow monkey-flower |
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Habit | A highly variable species, either annual from fibrous roots, or perennial with stolons or rhizomes, the stems from less than a decimeter to nearly a meter high. | |
Leaves | Leaves opposite, soft and often somewhat succulent, the blades from quite small to nearly 1 dm. long, irregularly dentate, ovate to reniform-cordate; leaves nearly palmately veined, the 3-7 main veins arising near the base; lower leaves petiolate, becoming sessile upward, those of the inflorescence reduced and clasping. |
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Flowers | Flowers several to many in terminal racemes, on long pedicels, or solitary in dwarf forms; calyx 5-toothed, irregular, the upper tooth much the largest, the 2 lower ones tending to fold upward; corolla 1-4 cm. long, strongly bilabiate, with flaring throat, yellow with maroon dots or splotches on the pubescent lower lip; stamens 4. |
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Fruit | Capsule. |
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Erythranthe geniculata |
Erythranthe guttata |
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Flowering time | March-September | |
Habitat | Wet places, from sea level to middle elevations in the mountains. | |
Distribution | Widely distributed on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the northern Great Plains.
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Origin | Native | |
Conservation status | Not of concern | |
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