Erythranthe moschata |
Erythranthe ampliata |
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musk-flower, musk-plant |
Nez Perce monkey-flower |
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Habit | Perennial from well-developed rhizomes, the lax stems 0.5-7 dm. long, often freely branching; herbage viscid-villous with flattened, shining white hairs, usually slimy, often musk-scented. | Annuals with fibrous roots or threadlike taproot; stems 5-17 cm, erect to ascending, straight or sharply bent at nodes, typically heavily branched, 4-angled, sparse coverage of nearly unstalked glands, gland-tipped hairs to 0.2 mm. |
Leaves | Leaves opposite, remotely toothed, pinnately veined, sessile or short-petiolate, the blade ovate to elliptic-ovate, 1-8 cm. long and 7-35 mm. wide. |
Leaves cauline, basal leaves not persistent; petiolate, 8-20 mm; blade broad-ovate to lanceolate, 8-25 mm long and 5-19 mm broad, venation palmate, wedge-shaped base, margins toothed or somewhat finely toothed, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces glandular and hairy as stems. |
Flowers | Flowers solitary in the leaf axils on long pedicels; calyx 7-13 mm. long, viscid-villous, especially on the 5 rib angles, the 5 teeth pointed, 2-4 mm. long, the upper tooth a little larger than the others; corolla 1.5-3 cm. long, yellow, often with some dark lines or dots, only slightly bilabiate, the tube nearly cylindrical; stamens 4. |
Axillary flowers 1-10, emerging from nodes throughout; fruiting pedicels glandular-hairy as stems, 10-22 mm; calyx tubular-campanulate, sometimes weakly inflated, 6-8 mm, margins with distinct serration or lobes, sparsely covered with minute stalked glands or not; corolla yellow with occasional small white patches, lower limb with several brownish spots, bilaterally symmetric and distinctly bilabiate; tube-throat broadly funnel-shaped, generally 8-12 mm, protruding beyond calyx margin; lobes obovate-oblong with rounded or truncate apexes; styles glabrous; anthers not protruding, glabrous. |
Fruit(s) | Capsule. |
Capsules 5-6 mm, included. |
Erythranthe moschata |
Erythranthe ampliata |
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Flowering time | May-August | May-July |
Habitat | Stream banks, moist meadows and seeps, low to middle elevations in the mountains. | Basalt outcrops and seeps in grasslands. |
Distribution | Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains; also in eastern North America.
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Occurring east of the Cascades crest in far southeastern Washington; southeastern Washington to western Montana, possibly also in southern British Columbia, southern Alberta, and northwestern Wyoming. |
Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Not of concern | Threatened in Washington (WANHP) |
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