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sessile-leaved monkey-flower

disappearing monkey-flower

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

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)
Sibling taxa
E. alsinoides, E. ampliata, E. arvensis, E. breviflora, E. breweri, E. caespitosa, E. cardinalis, E. decora, E. dentata, E. floribunda, E. grandis, E. guttata, E. inflatula, E. jungermannioides, E. lewisii, E. microphylla, E. moschata, E. nasuta, E. patula, E. primuloides, E. pulsiferae, E. scouleri, E. suksdorfii, E. washingtonensis
E. alsinoides, E. ampliata, E. arvensis, E. breviflora, E. breweri, E. caespitosa, E. cardinalis, E. decora, E. dentata, E. floribunda, E. grandis, E. guttata, E. jungermannioides, E. lewisii, E. microphylla, E. moschata, E. nasuta, E. patula, E. primuloides, E. ptilota, E. pulsiferae, E. scouleri, E. suksdorfii, E. washingtonensis
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