Erythranthe patula |
Erythranthe grandis |
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stalk-leaved monkey-flower |
large 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. | Rhizomatous perennials, occasionally rooting at nodes nearest base; stems usually 50-120 cm, erect or decumbent basally, branched, commonly hollow, densely hirsute to soft-hirtellous to long-hairy, hairs often crinkly, glandular or not, or sometimes villous-glandular without hirtellous hairs. |
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 basal and cauline, basal leaves generally not persistent; petioles 10-80 mm, becoming reduced distally; blade ovate to broadly elliptic, 25-60 mm long and 20-40 cm broad, palmate or nearly pinnate venation with 5-7 veins, base truncate to nearly cruneate to nearly cordate, margins crenulate to toothed, occasionally sublyrate near base, apex rounded to obtuse, surfaces of distalmost leaves 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. |
Inflorescence racemose, bracteate, flowers 8-26; fruiting pedicels 10-35 mm, hairy as stems; calyx straight-erect or nodding at 45-100 degrees, ovate to bell-shaped, inflated, compressed along sagittal plane, 15-22 mm, hairy as stems, throat closing; corollas yellow with red spots inside, symmetric bilaterally, bilabiate; tube-throat widely funnel-shaped, 16-24 mm, protruding 10-15 mm beyond calyx margin, limb widely expanded; styles hirtellous; anthers not protruding, glabrous. |
Fruits | Capsules 4-6 mm, included. |
Capsules 8-12 mm, included. |
Erythranthe patula |
Erythranthe grandis |
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Flowering time | May-July | May-August |
Habitat | Vernally moist areas, seeps, and stream banks from the lowlands to the middle elevations. | Coastal areas including bluffs, dunes, wet cliff faces, marshes, ditches, lake and pond margins, and stream banks. |
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 west of the Cascades crest in Washington; Washington to California.
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Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Threatened in Washington (WANHP) | Not of concern |
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