Erythranthe primuloides |
Erythranthe breweri |
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primrose monkey-flower |
Brewer's monkey-flower |
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Habit | Mat-forming perennial from long, thin rhizomes, the stem lax, up to 6 cm. long. | Slender annual, the stem simple or sparingly branched, up to 15 cm. tall, purplish tinged and covered with stalked glands. |
Leaves | Leaves opposite, crowded near the ground, short-hairy abaxially (underside), viscid to glabrous adaxially (upperside); leaves oblanceolate, sessile, nearly entire, 3-nerved from the base, 7-25 mm. long and 3-11 mm. wide. |
Leaves opposite, linear to linear-oblanceolate, 1-2 cm. long and 1-4 mm. wide. |
Flowers | Flowers solitary on slender pedicels up to 10 cm. long arising from the leaf clusters; calyx narrow, 4-8 mm. long, mostly glabrous, the 5 teeth short, equal; corolla yellow, often dotted with maroon, 1-2 cm. long, scarcely bilabiate, the 5 lobes spreading, shallowly notched, the throat somewhat flaring; stamens 4. |
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. |
Fruit | Capsule. |
Capsule. |
Erythranthe primuloides |
Erythranthe breweri |
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Flowering time | June-August | June-August |
Habitat | Wet meadows and boggy areas at middle to high elevations in the mountains. | Dry to moist open woods and meadows from middle elevations in the mountains to the subalpine. |
Distribution | Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Montana, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico.
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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 | Native |
Conservation status | Not of concern | Not of concern |
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