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Washington monkey-flower

Scouler's monkey-flower

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. Rhizomatous perennials, producing long runners from basal nodes with sparse leaves; stems 15-80 cm, erect, not branched or few-branched, glabrous.
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 cauline, basal ones not typically persistent;

petioles 10-25 mm and gradually merging into blade, becoming sessile distally;

blade oblong-elliptic to oblong lanceolate, 25-60 mm long and 8-18 mm broad, palmate venation with 5-7 veins to nearly pinnate, base attenuate, margins evenly and shallowly toothed or scalloped with 10-20 teeth per side, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces glabrous.

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.

Axillary flowers 2-8, emerging distalmost nodes; fruiting pedicels 20-25 mm, glabrous;

calyx ovoid, inflated, compressed across sagittal plane, 13-14 mm, glabrous, throat closing;

corollas yellow with few or no reddish markings, symmetric bilaterally, bilabiate;

tube-throat funnel-shaped and 20-24 mm, protruding 10-15 mm beyond calyx margin;

limb expanded 2-30 mm;

styles prominently hirsute to villous;

anthers not protruding, glabrous.

Fruits

Capsules 5-8.5 mm, included.

Erythranthe washingtonensis

Erythranthe scouleri

Flowering time April-June July-August
Habitat Shallow or gravelly soils of vernally moist areas at low elevations. Seeps, stream and river banks at low elevations.
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 west of the Cascades in southwestern Washington; southwestern British Columbia to northwestern Oregon.
Origin Native Native
Conservation status Historical in Washington (WANHP) Not of concern
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. 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. suksdorfii, E. washingtonensis
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