Erythranthe tilingii |
Erythranthe floribunda |
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purple-stem monkey-flower |
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Habit | Mat-forming perennial from well-developed, creeping rhizomes, often with stolons as well, the stems 0.5-2 dm. tall, mostly glabrous. | Erect to nearly prostrate annual, the stem usually branched, 0.5-2.5 dm. tall; herbage more or less glandular and pubescent, tending to be slimy as well. |
Leaves | Leaves opposite, mostly sessile, the blade under 2.5 cm. long, elliptic to ovate, slightly reduced upward, with a few irregular teeth, sub-palmately veined. |
Leaves opposite, deltoid-ovate to sub-cordate, dentate or denticulate, sub-palmate or nearly pinnately veined, the blade 1-3 cm. long, the petiole shorter. |
Flowers | Flowers few, solitary in the leaf axils, on long pedicels; calyx 5-toothed, irregular, the upper tooth much the largest, the 2 lower ones tending to fold upward; corolla large for the size of the plant, 2-4 cm. long, strongly bilabiate, with flaring throat, yellow with maroon dots or splotches on the pubescent lower lip; stamens 4. |
Flowers solitary in the leaf axils on long pedicels; calyx 4-8 mm. long, the 5 acute, equal teeth less than 2 mm. long; corolla yellow with some red dots, 6-14 mm. long, only slightly bilabiate, the lips about equal and only slightly flaring, the throat with pubescence on the lower side; stamens 4. |
Fruit | Capsule. |
Capsule. |
Erythranthe tilingii |
Erythranthe floribunda |
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Flowering time | July-September | May-October |
Habitat | Wet meadows and wet, rocky slopes at high elevations in the mountains. | Moist open places at moderate elevations in the mountains. |
Distribution | In the Cascade and Olympic Mountains of Washington; Alaska south to California, east to Montana, Colorado and New Mexico.
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Occurring east of the Cascades crest and west into the Columbia River Gorge in Washington; southern British Columbia to Mexico, east to the Rocky Mountains.
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Origin | Native | |
Conservation status | Not of concern | Not of concern |
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