Erythranthe ptilota |
Erythranthe inflatula |
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sessile-leaved monkey-flower |
disappearing monkey-flower |
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Habit | Rhizomatous perennials, occasionally rooting at nodes nearest base; stems 20-80 cm, prostrate or decumbent to ascending, only slightly branched, villous eglandular hairs 1-2 mm, occasionally with shorter stipitate-glandular hairs, internodes evident. | Annuals with fibrous roots or filiform-taproot; stems 6-20 cm, erect to ascending, straight or sharply bent at nodes, unbranched or branched near base to mid-stem, covered with minute stipitate-glands, gland-tipped hairs 0.1-0.3 mm. |
Leaves | Leaves cauline, basal ones not persistent, commonly congested; subsessile to sessile; blade oblong to lanceolate, 30-70 mm long and 10-22 mm broad, pinnate venation, base rounded, margins toothed to finely toothed, apex acute, surfaces hairy as stems. |
Leaves mostly cauline, basal leaves generally not persistent by flowering; petioles 1-3 mm near base, becoming sessile distally; blade elliptic to lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 8-18 mm long and 3-7 mm broad, mostly evenly sized throughout or somewhat reduced distally, palmate venation with 3-5 veins, base attenuate to obtuse to rounded, margins entire to finely toothed, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces glandular as stems. |
Flowers | Axillary flowers 4-10, emerging from nodes at mid- to ends of stems; fruiting pedicels generally 22-50 mm, hairy as stems; calyx winged, cylindric-campanulate, barely inflated, 10-12 mm, villous with gland-tipped hairs, lobes spreading noticeably, strongly unequal, linear-lanceolate to slender-triangular, 5-9 mm, apex long acuminate-apiculate; corollas yellow, throat faintly marked with blackish-brownish lines, symmetric almost radially or weakly bilaterally, nearly regular or weakly bilabiate; tube-throat slenderly bell-shaped, 15-18 mm, protruding beyond calyx margin; lobe apex rounded; styles glabrous; anthers not protruding, covered with fine hairs that are stiff to slightly rigid. |
Axillary flowers 10-20, emerging from mid- to ends of stems; fruiting pedicels not curved or bent, 7-18 mm, glandular as stems; calyx winged, ridged, maturing to ovoid-ellipsoid to bell-shaped or widely urn-shaped, distinctly inflated, 7-11 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, sparsely covered with minute and rigid hairs, eglandular, lobes pronounced, erect; corollas yellow to light yellow, with sparse red dots or not, symmetric bilaterally, slightly bilabiate; tube-throat cylindric, 5-8 mm, protruding 1-3 mm beyond calyx margin; limb only slightly widened, lobes widely obovate, apex rounded to mucronate; styles glabrous; anthers not protruding, glabrous. |
Fruits | Capsules 6-8 mm, included. |
Capsules 5-9 mm, included. |
Erythranthe ptilota |
Erythranthe inflatula |
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Flowering time | June-September | May-July |
Habitat | Wet places generally at low elevations. | Moist to wet open areas at low elevations. |
Distribution | Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; southern British Columbia to California.
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Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Klickitat County in Washington; south-central Washington to northeastern California, east to southwestern Idaho and Nevada. |
Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Not of concern | Review Group 1 in Washington (WANHP) |
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