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Erythranthe tilingii

Erythranthe jungermannioides

liverwort monkey-flower
Habit Mat-forming perennial from well-developed, creeping rhizomes, often with stolons as well, the stems 0.5-2 dm. tall, mostly glabrous. Perennial from slender rhizomes which produce buds that give rise to the weak, drooping stems 0.5-3 dm. long; herbage viscid-villous, especially the stems.
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, broadly ovate to reniform-cordate, irregularly toothed, sub-palmately veined, the blade up to 2.5 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, spreading pedicels;

calyx glandular-villous, the 5 broad lobes 1-2 mm. long;

corolla yellow with red spots, 13-18 mm. long, 2-lipped;

stamens 4.
Fruit

Capsule.

Capsule.

Erythranthe tilingii

Erythranthe jungermannioides
Flowering time July-September May-June
Habitat Wet meadows and wet, rocky slopes at high elevations in the mountains. Moss mats, basalt crevices, and cliffs at low elevations.
Distribution
In the Cascade and Olympic Mountains of Washington; Alaska south to California, east to Montana, Colorado and New Mexico.
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Known historically from east of the Cascades crest in Klickitat County in Washington, but now considered extirpated; south-central Washington to adjacent Oregon, and south along the Deschutes River to the Maupin area.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern Historical 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. 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. inflatula, 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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