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Erythranthe laciniata

Erythranthe scouleri

Scouler's monkey-flower
Habit Rhizomatous perennials, producing long runners from basal nodes with sparse leaves; stems 15-80 cm, erect, not branched or few-branched, glabrous.
Leaves

Leaves cauline, basal ones not typically persistent;

petioles 10-25 mm and gradually merging into blade, becoming sessile distally;

blade oblong-elliptic to oblong lanceolate, 25-60 mm long and 8-18 mm broad, palmate venation with 5-7 veins to nearly pinnate, base attenuate, margins evenly and shallowly toothed or scalloped with 10-20 teeth per side, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces glabrous.
Flowers

Axillary flowers 2-8, emerging distalmost nodes; fruiting pedicels 20-25 mm, glabrous;

calyx ovoid, inflated, compressed across sagittal plane, 13-14 mm, glabrous, throat closing;

corollas yellow with few or no reddish markings, symmetric bilaterally, bilabiate;

tube-throat funnel-shaped and 20-24 mm, protruding 10-15 mm beyond calyx margin;

limb expanded 2-30 mm;

styles prominently hirsute to villous;

anthers not protruding, glabrous.

Erythranthe laciniata

Erythranthe scouleri
Flowering time July-August
Habitat Seeps, stream and river banks at low elevations.
Distribution
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Occurring west of the Cascades in southwestern Washington; southwestern British Columbia to northwestern Oregon.
Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
E. alsinoides, E. ampliata, E. arvensis, E. breviflora, E. breweri, E. caespitosa, E. cardinalis, E. decora, E. dentata, E. floribunda, E. grandis, E. guttata, E. inflatula, E. jungermannioides, E. lewisii, E. microphylla, E. moschata, E. nasuta, E. patula, E. primuloides, E. ptilota, E. pulsiferae, E. scouleri, E. suksdorfii, E. washingtonensis
E. alsinoides, E. ampliata, E. arvensis, E. breviflora, E. breweri, E. caespitosa, E. cardinalis, E. decora, E. dentata, E. floribunda, E. grandis, E. guttata, E. inflatula, E. jungermannioides, E. lewisii, E. microphylla, E. moschata, E. nasuta, E. patula, E. primuloides, E. ptilota, E. pulsiferae, E. suksdorfii, E. washingtonensis
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