Erythranthe grandis |
Erythranthe floribunda |
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large monkey-flower |
purple-stem monkey-flower |
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Habit | Rhizomatous perennials, occasionally rooting at nodes nearest base; stems usually 50-120 cm, erect or decumbent basally, branched, commonly hollow, densely hirsute to soft-hirtellous to long-hairy, hairs often crinkly, glandular or not, or sometimes villous-glandular without hirtellous hairs. | Erect to nearly prostrate annual, the stem usually branched, 0.5-2.5 dm. tall; herbage more or less glandular and pubescent, tending to be slimy as well. |
Leaves | Leaves basal and cauline, basal leaves generally not persistent; petioles 10-80 mm, becoming reduced distally; blade ovate to broadly elliptic, 25-60 mm long and 20-40 cm broad, palmate or nearly pinnate venation with 5-7 veins, base truncate to nearly cruneate to nearly cordate, margins crenulate to toothed, occasionally sublyrate near base, apex rounded to obtuse, surfaces of distalmost leaves hairy as stems. |
Leaves opposite, deltoid-ovate to sub-cordate, dentate or denticulate, sub-palmate or nearly pinnately veined, the blade 1-3 cm. long, the petiole shorter. |
Flowers | Inflorescence racemose, bracteate, flowers 8-26; fruiting pedicels 10-35 mm, hairy as stems; calyx straight-erect or nodding at 45-100 degrees, ovate to bell-shaped, inflated, compressed along sagittal plane, 15-22 mm, hairy as stems, throat closing; corollas yellow with red spots inside, symmetric bilaterally, bilabiate; tube-throat widely funnel-shaped, 16-24 mm, protruding 10-15 mm beyond calyx margin, limb widely expanded; styles hirtellous; anthers not protruding, glabrous. |
Flowers solitary in the leaf axils on long pedicels; calyx 4-8 mm. long, the 5 acute, equal teeth less than 2 mm. long; corolla yellow with some red dots, 6-14 mm. long, only slightly bilabiate, the lips about equal and only slightly flaring, the throat with pubescence on the lower side; stamens 4. |
Fruit(s) | Capsules 8-12 mm, included. |
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Erythranthe grandis |
Erythranthe floribunda |
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Flowering time | May-August | May-October |
Habitat | Coastal areas including bluffs, dunes, wet cliff faces, marshes, ditches, lake and pond margins, and stream banks. | Moist open places at moderate elevations in the mountains. |
Distribution | Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; Washington to California.
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Occurring east of the Cascades crest and west into the Columbia River Gorge in Washington; southern British Columbia to Mexico, east to the Rocky Mountains.
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Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Not of concern | Not of concern |
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