Erythranthe nudata |
Erythranthe breweri |
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Brewer's monkey-flower |
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Habit | Slender annual, the stem simple or sparingly branched, up to 15 cm. tall, purplish tinged and covered with stalked glands. | |
Leaves | Leaves opposite, linear to linear-oblanceolate, 1-2 cm. long and 1-4 mm. wide. |
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Flowers | Flowers solitary in the leaf axils, the pedicels usually longer than the calyx; calyx 5-lobed, 5-angled, the lobes short with prominent mid-veins; corolla light purple to nearly red, slightly bilabiate, 5-10 mm. long and up to 2 mm. wide; stamens 4. |
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Fruit | Capsule. |
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Erythranthe nudata |
Erythranthe breweri |
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Flowering time | June-August | |
Habitat | Dry to moist open woods and meadows from middle elevations in the mountains to the subalpine. | |
Distribution | Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Montana, Wyoming, and Utah.
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Origin | Native | |
Conservation status | Not of concern | |
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