Erythranthe patula |
Erythranthe pulsiferae |
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stalk-leaved monkey-flower |
candelabrum monkey-flower, Pulsifer's 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 shallow, fibrous roots; stems 5-12 cm, erect, not bent or curved at nodes, not branched or only slightly branched proximally, covered with minute stalked glands, gland-tipped hairs 0.1-0.3. |
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; petioles 2-9 mm with 3 distinct veins and 2 wings; blade elliptic-oblong to ovate or oblanceolate, 3-14 mm long and 2-9 mm broad, palmate venation with 3 veins, base cuneate to attenuate, margins finely toothed to entire, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces glandular-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 1-9, emerging from mid-stem to distal nodes; fruiting pedicels horizontally spreading-curved, 12-38 mm, glandular-hairy as stems; calyx cylindric, somewhat inflated, 7-10 mm, margins toothed or lobed, glandular-hairy as stems, lobes pronounced, erect; corollas yellow, tube-throat, palate ridges, lower limb yellow to light yellow, lower limb with red dots or not, symmetric bilaterally, barely bilabiate; tube-throat funnel-shaped and 6-9 mm, protruding beyond calyx margin; lobes widely obovate to somewhat orbicular, apex rounded; styles glabrous; anthers not protruding, glabrous. |
Fruits | Capsules 4-6 mm, included. |
Capsules 5-8 mm, included. |
Erythranthe patula |
Erythranthe pulsiferae |
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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. | Vernally moist areas, seeps, and stream banks from the lowlands to middle elevations. |
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 south-central Washington; south-central Washington to California,
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Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Threatened in Washington (WANHP) | Sensitive in Washington (WANHP) |
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