Erythranthe ptilota |
Erythranthe moschata |
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sessile-leaved monkey-flower |
musk-flower, musk-plant |
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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. | Perennial from well-developed rhizomes, the lax stems 0.5-7 dm. long, often freely branching; herbage viscid-villous with flattened, shining white hairs, usually slimy, often musk-scented. |
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 opposite, remotely toothed, pinnately veined, sessile or short-petiolate, the blade ovate to elliptic-ovate, 1-8 cm. long and 7-35 mm. wide. |
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. |
Flowers solitary in the leaf axils on long pedicels; calyx 7-13 mm. long, viscid-villous, especially on the 5 rib angles, the 5 teeth pointed, 2-4 mm. long, the upper tooth a little larger than the others; corolla 1.5-3 cm. long, yellow, often with some dark lines or dots, only slightly bilabiate, the tube nearly cylindrical; stamens 4. |
Fruit(s) | Capsules 6-8 mm, included. |
Capsule. |
Erythranthe ptilota |
Erythranthe moschata |
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Flowering time | June-September | May-August |
Habitat | Wet places generally at low elevations. | Stream banks, moist meadows and seeps, low to middle elevations in the mountains. |
Distribution | Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; southern British Columbia to California.
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Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains; also in eastern North America.
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Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Not of concern | Not of concern |
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