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Erythranthe suksdorfii

miniature monkey-flower
Habit Slender annual, often much branched, the stem 3-10 cm. tall; herbage finely glandular-puberulent.
Leaves

Leaves opposite, small and rather numerous, linear to narrowly oblong, mostly sessile and entire, 1- to 3-nerved from the base, up to 2 cm. long.
Flowers

Flowers solitary in the leaf axils on pedicels under 1 cm. long, spreading and up-turned at the tip;

calyx glandular-puberulent, 3-5 mm. long, the 5 short teeth rounded;

corolla yellow, faintly spotted, 4-8 mm. long, only slightly bilabiate, the 5 lobes equal, notched at the tip, the throat narrow, under 2 mm. wide;

style longer than the calyx;

stamens 4.
Fruit

Capsule.

Erythranthe suksdorfii
Flowering time May-July
Habitat Open, moist to rather dry places, from the valleys and foothills to middle elevations in the mountains.
Distribution
Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in central Washington; north-central Washington to southern California, east to Colorado and Arizona.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Sensitive 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. ptilota, E. pulsiferae, E. scouleri, E. washingtonensis
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