Erythranthe glaucescens |
Erythranthe inflatula |
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disappearing monkey-flower |
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Habit | Annuals with fibrous roots or filiform-taproot; stems 6-20 cm, erect to ascending, straight or sharply bent at nodes, unbranched or branched near base to mid-stem, covered with minute stipitate-glands, gland-tipped hairs 0.1-0.3 mm. | |
Leaves | Leaves mostly cauline, basal leaves generally not persistent by flowering; petioles 1-3 mm near base, becoming sessile distally; blade elliptic to lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 8-18 mm long and 3-7 mm broad, mostly evenly sized throughout or somewhat reduced distally, palmate venation with 3-5 veins, base attenuate to obtuse to rounded, margins entire to finely toothed, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces glandular as stems. |
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Flowers | Axillary flowers 10-20, emerging from mid- to ends of stems; fruiting pedicels not curved or bent, 7-18 mm, glandular as stems; calyx winged, ridged, maturing to ovoid-ellipsoid to bell-shaped or widely urn-shaped, distinctly inflated, 7-11 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, sparsely covered with minute and rigid hairs, eglandular, lobes pronounced, erect; corollas yellow to light yellow, with sparse red dots or not, symmetric bilaterally, slightly bilabiate; tube-throat cylindric, 5-8 mm, protruding 1-3 mm beyond calyx margin; limb only slightly widened, lobes widely obovate, apex rounded to mucronate; styles glabrous; anthers not protruding, glabrous. |
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Fruits | Capsules 5-9 mm, included. |
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Erythranthe glaucescens |
Erythranthe inflatula |
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Flowering time | May-July | |
Habitat | Moist to wet open areas at low elevations. | |
Distribution | Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Klickitat County in Washington; south-central Washington to northeastern California, east to southwestern Idaho and Nevada. |
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Origin | Native | |
Conservation status | Review Group 1 in Washington (WANHP) | |
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