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Kings River monkeyflower

Habit Annuals, fibrous-rooted.
Stems

erect to ascending-erect, simple or diffusely branched, 4-angled, 7–20 cm, glabrous.

Leaves

basal and cauline;

petiole 0 mm;

blade palmately 3–5 veined, ovate to broadly ovate, 10–20 × 7–11 mm, base rounded to truncate, margins serrate-denticulate, apex acute, surfaces glabrous.

Flowers

herkogamous, 2–20, from proximal to distal nodes.

Styles

glabrous.

Corollas

pale pink to rose purple, throat yellow or deep pink externally with 2 yellow spots below abaxial limb, bilaterally symmetric, weakly bilabiate;

tube-throat cylindric-funnelform, 9–12 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin;

limb expanded 9–12 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

divergent-arcuate, sometimes becoming deflexed, 10–23 mm, longer than subtending leaves, glabrous.

Fruiting calyces

campanulate, 7–9 mm, margins subtruncate, glabrous, lobes reduced, subequal.

Capsules

included, (4–)5–10 mm.

Anthers

included, minutely villous-hirsute.

Erythranthe acutidens

Phenology Flowering Apr–Jul.
Habitat Grassy slopes, sandy terraces, marshy places, lakeshores, creek sides, seep edges, shaded canyon slopes, roadcuts and roadsides, woodlands of Pseudotsuga menziesii-Quercus chrysolepis, oak-gray pine, or interior live oak.
Elevation 200–2000 m. (700–6600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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Discussion

Mimulus acutidens Greene is heterotypic with the South American M. acutidens Reiche, which is a later homonym.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 17, p. 383.
Parent taxa Phrymaceae > Erythranthe
Sibling taxa
E. alsinoides, E. ampliata, E. androsacea, E. arenaria, E. arenicola, E. arvensis, E. barbata, E. bicolor, E. brachystylis, E. breviflora, E. breweri, E. caespitosa, E. calcicola, E. calciphila, E. cardinalis, E. carsonensis, E. charlestonensis, E. chinatiensis, E. cinnabarina, E. corallina, E. cordata, E. decora, E. dentata, E. diffusa, E. discolor, E. eastwoodiae, E. erubescens, E. exigua, E. filicaulis, E. filicifolia, E. floribunda, E. gemmipara, E. geniculata, E. geyeri, E. glaucescens, E. gracilipes, E. grandis, E. grayi, E. guttata, E. hallii, E. hardhamiae, E. hymenophylla, E. inamoena, E. inconspicua, E. inflatula, E. jungermannioides, E. laciniata, E. latidens, E. lewisii, E. linearifolia, E. marmorata, E. michiganensis, E. microphylla, E. minor, E. montioides, E. moschata, E. nasuta, E. norrisii, E. nudata, E. palmeri, E. pardalis, E. parishii, E. parvula, E. patula, E. percaulis, E. primuloides, E. ptilota, E. pulsiferae, E. purpurea, E. regni, E. rhodopetra, E. rubella, E. scouleri, E. shevockii, E. sierrae, E. suksdorfii, E. taylorii, E. thermalis, E. tilingii, E. trinitiensis, E. unimaculata, E. utahensis, E. verbenacea, E. washingtonensis, E. willisii
Synonyms Mimulus acutidens, M. inconspicuus var. acutidens
Name authority (Greene) G. L. Nesom: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 34. (2012)
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