Erythranthe washingtonensis |
Erythranthe lewisii |
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Washington monkey-flower |
great purple monkey-flower |
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Habit | Annuals with fibrous roots or threadlike taproot; stems 5-25 cm, erect to ascending, straight or sharply bent at nodes, typically heavily branched, not angled; puberulent- to villous-glandular, flattened gland-tipped hairs 0.1-0.8 mm, sometimes transparent. | Perennial from stout, branching rhizomes, the stout stems clustered, 3-10 dm. tall; herbage viscid-villous. |
Leaves | Leaves cauline, basal ones not persistent; petioles 2-14 mm; blade triangular to ovate to narrowly ovate, 4-16 mm long and 2-11 mm broad, palmate venation, base rounded to cuneate to truncate, margins finely toothed or entire, apex acute, surfaces hairy-glandular as stems. |
Leaves opposite, sessile, with several prominent veins from the base, irregularly dentate to entire, the lower ones reduced; leaves lanceolate to ovate or elliptic, acute, 3-7 cm. long and 1-3.5 cm. wide. |
Flowers | Axillary flowers 1-6, emerging from nodes throughout; fruiting pedicels 20-50 mm, densely covered with minute stalked glands; calyx greenish, ridged, tubular, slightly inflated, 6-8 mm, margins toothed or lobed, covered with minute stalked glands, lobes pronounced, erect; corollas yellow with small reddish brown dots, lower limb with two whitish patches, symmetric bilaterally, bilabiate; tube-throat funnel-shaped and 8-10 mm, protruding beyond calyx margin; limb expanded 7-10 mm, lobes obovate-oblong, apex rounded to somewhat cuneate; styles hispid-hirtellous; anthers not protruding, glabrous. |
Flowers solitary in the leaf axils on pedicels 3-6 cm. long; calyx 1.5-2.5 cm. long, the 5 teeth sharp-pointed and equal; corolla showy, purplish-pink, marked with yellow, 3.5-5 cm. long, strongly bilabiate; stamens 4. |
Fruit(s) | Capsules 5-8.5 mm, included. |
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Erythranthe washingtonensis |
Erythranthe lewisii |
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Flowering time | April-June | June-August |
Habitat | Shallow or gravelly soils of vernally moist areas at low elevations. | Common in wet meadows and along rivers and streams from middle to high elevations in the mountains, occasionally found along low elevation rivers. |
Distribution | Occurring east of the cascades crest in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington; south-central Washington to adjacent north-central Oregon.
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Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to Montana, Wyoming and Colorado.
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Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Historical in Washington (WANHP) | Not of concern |
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