Erythranthe primuloides |
Erythranthe tilingii |
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primrose monkey-flower |
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Habit | Mat-forming perennial from long, thin rhizomes, the stem lax, up to 6 cm. long. | Mat-forming perennial from well-developed, creeping rhizomes, often with stolons as well, the stems 0.5-2 dm. tall, mostly glabrous. |
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, mostly sessile, the blade under 2.5 cm. long, elliptic to ovate, slightly reduced upward, with a few irregular teeth, sub-palmately veined. |
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 few, solitary in the leaf axils, on long pedicels; calyx 5-toothed, irregular, the upper tooth much the largest, the 2 lower ones tending to fold upward; corolla large for the size of the plant, 2-4 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 tilingii |
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Flowering time | June-August | July-September |
Habitat | Wet meadows and boggy areas at middle to high elevations in the mountains. | Wet meadows and wet, rocky slopes at high 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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In the Cascade and Olympic Mountains of Washington; Alaska south to California, east to Montana, Colorado and New Mexico.
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Origin | Native | |
Conservation status | Not of concern | Not of concern |
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