Erythranthe patula |
Erythranthe ampliata |
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stalk-leaved monkey-flower |
Nez Perce monkey-flower |
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Habit | Annuals with fibrous roots or a filiform-taproot; stems usually 5-15 cm, erect to ascending, straight or sharply bent at nodes, usually unbranched, covered with stalked glands, gland-tipped hairs 0.2-0.5 mm. | 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 cauline, basal ones not persistent; petioles 8-25 mm; blade deltate or somewhat ovate to lanceolate, approximately 4-12 mm long and 3-10 mm broad, palmate venation with 3 veins, base rounded to cuneate-truncate, margins usually finely toothed, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces glabrous as stems. |
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 | Axillary flowers 1-10, emerging from nodes throughout; fruiting pedicels 10-25 mm, glandular as stems; calyx tubular, barely or not inflated, 5-6 mm, margins with distinct teeth or lobes, slightly stipitate-glandular to sparsely hirtellous, lobes pronounced, erect; corollas yellow, lower limb commonly with some red or brownish dots, symmetric radially or bilaterally, regular or weakly bilabiate; tube-throat funnel-shaped, 7-8 mm, protruding beyond calyx margin; lobes oblong, apex rounded to truncate; styles glabrous; anthers not protruding, glabrous. |
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. |
Fruits | Capsules 4-6 mm, included. |
Capsules 5-6 mm, included. |
Erythranthe patula |
Erythranthe ampliata |
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Flowering time | May-July | May-July |
Habitat | Vernally moist areas, seeps, and stream banks from the lowlands to the middle elevations. | Basalt outcrops and seeps in grasslands. |
Distribution | Occurring east of the Cascades crest in southeastern Washington; southeast Washington to adjacent northeast Oregon and adjacent west-central Idaho.
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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 | Threatened in Washington (WANHP) | Threatened in Washington (WANHP) |
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