Erythranthe ptilota |
Erythranthe scouleri |
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sessile-leaved monkey-flower |
Scouler's 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. | Rhizomatous perennials, producing long runners from basal nodes with sparse leaves; stems 15-80 cm, erect, not branched or few-branched, glabrous. |
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 cauline, basal ones not typically persistent; petioles 10-25 mm and gradually merging into blade, becoming sessile distally; blade oblong-elliptic to oblong lanceolate, 25-60 mm long and 8-18 mm broad, palmate venation with 5-7 veins to nearly pinnate, base attenuate, margins evenly and shallowly toothed or scalloped with 10-20 teeth per side, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces glabrous. |
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 2-8, emerging distalmost nodes; fruiting pedicels 20-25 mm, glabrous; calyx ovoid, inflated, compressed across sagittal plane, 13-14 mm, glabrous, throat closing; corollas yellow with few or no reddish markings, symmetric bilaterally, bilabiate; tube-throat funnel-shaped and 20-24 mm, protruding 10-15 mm beyond calyx margin; limb expanded 2-30 mm; styles prominently hirsute to villous; anthers not protruding, glabrous. |
Fruits | Capsules 6-8 mm, included. |
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Erythranthe ptilota |
Erythranthe scouleri |
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Flowering time | June-September | July-August |
Habitat | Wet places generally at low elevations. | Seeps, stream and river banks at low elevations. |
Distribution | Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; southern British Columbia to California.
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Occurring west of the Cascades in southwestern Washington; southwestern British Columbia to northwestern Oregon. |
Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Not of concern | Not of concern |
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