Burke: Erythranthe tilingii vs. Erythranthe suksdorfii

	Erythranthe tilingii	Erythranthe suksdorfii
		miniature 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.	Slender annual, often much branched, the stem 3-10 cm. tall; herbage finely glandular-puberulent.
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, 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 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 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.	Capsule.

	Erythranthe tilingii	Erythranthe suksdorfii
Flowering time	July-September	May-July
Habitat	Wet meadows and wet, rocky slopes at high elevations in the mountains.	Open, moist to rather dry places, from the valleys and foothills to middle elevations in the mountains.
Distribution	In the Cascade and Olympic Mountains of Washington; Alaska south to California, east to Montana, Colorado and New Mexico. [WildflowerSearch map]	Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in central Washington; north-central Washington to southern California, east to Colorado and Arizona. [WildflowerSearch map]
Origin		Native
Conservation status	Not of concern	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. 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. jungermannioides, E. lewisii, E. microphylla, E. moschata, E. nasuta, E. patula, E. primuloides, E. ptilota, E. pulsiferae, E. scouleri, E. washingtonensis
Web links	Local floras: BC, CA, OR Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	Local floras: BC, CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Erythranthe tilingii

Erythranthe suksdorfii

miniature 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.

Slender annual, often much branched, the stem 3-10 cm. tall; herbage finely glandular-puberulent.

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, 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 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 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.