Erythranthe primuloides |
Erythranthe guttata |
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primrose monkey-flower |
seep monkey-flower, yellow monkey-flower |
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Habit | Mat-forming perennial from long, thin rhizomes, the stem lax, up to 6 cm. long. | A highly variable species, either annual from fibrous roots, or perennial with stolons or rhizomes, the stems from less than a decimeter to nearly a meter high. |
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, soft and often somewhat succulent, the blades from quite small to nearly 1 dm. long, irregularly dentate, ovate to reniform-cordate; leaves nearly palmately veined, the 3-7 main veins arising near the base; lower leaves petiolate, becoming sessile upward, those of the inflorescence reduced and clasping. |
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 several to many in terminal racemes, on long pedicels, or solitary in dwarf forms; calyx 5-toothed, irregular, the upper tooth much the largest, the 2 lower ones tending to fold upward; corolla 1-4 cm. long, strongly bilabiate, with flaring throat, yellow with maroon dots or splotches on the pubescent lower lip; stamens 4. |
Fruit | Capsule. |
Capsule. |
Erythranthe primuloides |
Erythranthe guttata |
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Flowering time | June-August | March-September |
Habitat | Wet meadows and boggy areas at middle to high elevations in the mountains. | Wet places, from sea level to middle elevations in the mountains. |
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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Widely distributed on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the northern Great Plains.
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Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Not of concern | Not of concern |
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