Erythranthe lewisii |
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great purple monkey-flower |
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Habit | Perennial from stout, branching rhizomes, the stout stems clustered, 3-10 dm. tall; herbage viscid-villous. |
Leaves | Leaves opposite, sessile, with several prominent veins from the base, irregularly dentate to entire, the lower ones reduced; leaves lanceolate to ovate or elliptic, acute, 3-7 cm. long and 1-3.5 cm. wide. |
Flowers | Flowers solitary in the leaf axils on pedicels 3-6 cm. long; calyx 1.5-2.5 cm. long, the 5 teeth sharp-pointed and equal; corolla showy, purplish-pink, marked with yellow, 3.5-5 cm. long, strongly bilabiate; stamens 4. |
Fruit | Capsule. |
Erythranthe lewisii |
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Flowering time | June-August |
Habitat | Common in wet meadows and along rivers and streams from middle to high elevations in the mountains, occasionally found along low elevation rivers. |
Distribution | Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to Montana, Wyoming and Colorado.
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Origin | Native |
Conservation status | Not of concern |
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