Erythranthe alsinoides |
Erythranthe pulsiferae |
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chickweed monkey-flower, wing-stem monkey-flower |
candelabrum monkey-flower, Pulsifer's monkey-flower |
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Habit | Annuals, fibrous-rooted. | Annuals, shallowly fibrous-rooted. |
Stems | erect, usually simple, (0.5–)2–6(–15) cm, glandular-puberulent, hairs 0.1–0.2 mm, gland-tipped, nodes 2(or 3), usually red-tinged. |
erect, straight at nodes, simple or few-branched at base, 5–12(–18) cm, minutely stipitate-glandular, hairs 0.1–0.3 mm, gland-tipped. |
Leaves | basal and cauline; petiole 1–20(–30) mm, distinctly 3-veined (winged); blade palmately 3-veined, lanceolate-ovate to ovate, elliptic, or suborbicular, 3–18(–32) × 3–12(–25) mm, base cuneate to truncate, margins dentate to denticulate or subentire, apex acute to obtuse or rounded, surfaces glandular-puberulent, hairs 0.1–0.2 mm, gland-tipped. |
basal and cauline; petiole 2–9 mm, distinctly 3-veined, 2-winged; blade palmately 3-veined, elliptic-oblong to ovate or oblanceolate, 3–14(–23) × 2–9(–15) mm, base cuneate to attenuate, margins denticulate to entire, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces minutely stipitate-glandular, hairs 0.1–0.3 mm, gland-tipped. |
Flowers | herkogamous, 1–4(–8), from distal or medial to distal nodes. |
herkogamous, 1–9, from medial to distal nodes. |
Styles | glabrous. |
glabrous. |
Corollas | yellow, abaxial limb with a large maroon splotch, also red-spotted, bilaterally symmetric, ± bilabiate; tube-throat funnelform-cylindric, 6–9 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin; throat open, palate villous, abaxial ridges low. |
yellowish, tube-throat, palate ridges, and limb yellow to pale yellow, abaxial limb red-dotted or not, bilaterally symmetric, weakly bilabiate; tube-throat funnelform, 6–9 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin; lobes broadly obovate-suborbicular, apex rounded. |
Fruiting pedicels | 15–32 mm, glandular-puberulent, hairs 0.1–0.2 mm, gland-tipped. |
divergent-arcuate, 12–38 mm, minutely stipitate-glandular, hairs 0.1–0.3 mm, gland-tipped. |
Fruiting calyces | purplish, slightly ridge-angled, campanulate-cylindric, weakly or not inflated, 5–8 mm, margins subtruncate, sparsely minutely stipitate-glandular, lobes 4, (0–)0.5–1 mm, sometimes barely evident, 1 lobe usually slightly longer, margins appearing subtruncate, shallowly convex to rounded-mucronulate. |
cylindric, ± inflated, 7–10 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, minutely stipitate-glandular, hairs 0.1–0.3 mm, gland-tipped, lobes pronounced, erect. |
Capsules | included, (3–)5–7 mm. |
included, 5–8 mm. |
Anthers | included, glabrous. |
included, glabrous. |
2n | = 32. |
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Erythranthe alsinoides |
Erythranthe pulsiferae |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Jun. | Flowering Apr–Jul. |
Habitat | Open, rocky slopes, cliff faces, bluffs, mossy rock crevices, ledges, moist rocks, roadsides, along wet paths and trails. | Damp depressions, moist gravel, rocky flats, granite outcrops, wet meadows, lava beds, vernal pools, forest openings, commonly in or near coniferous forests, chaparral-live oak woodlands. |
Elevation | 10–1900 m. (0–6200 ft.) | 50–1300(–2500) m. (200–4300(–8200) ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; ID; OR; WA; BC
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CA; OR; WA
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Discussion | Erythranthe alsinoides is distinct in its short, erect stems with few nodes, small, mostly ovate to elliptic-ovate, petiolate leaves, minutely stipitate-glandular vestiture, small corollas with a prominent maroon splotch on the abaxial limb, small, non-inflated mature calyces and, most especially, by its nearly truncate calyx margin. Erythranthe pulsiferae is superficially similar to E. alsinoides but has larger calyces borne on divergent-arcuate pedicels, smaller leaf blades with attenuate to cuneate bases, and the corolla limbs are smaller and lack a prominent maroon splotch. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Erythranthe pulsiferae is characterized by minutely stipitate-glandular vestiture (lacking villous hairs), elongate internodes, persistent basal leaves, small, palmately veined, cauline leaves with short, three-veined petioles and elliptic-oblong to ovate or oblanceolate blades, divergent-arcuate pedicels, and small, all yellow, weakly bilabiate corollas. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 395. | FNA vol. 17, p. 398. |
Parent taxa | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe |
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Synonyms | Mimulus alsinoides | Mimulus pulsiferae |
Name authority | (Douglas ex Bentham) G. L. Nesom & N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 37. (2012) | (A. Gray) G. L. Nesom: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 39. (2012) |
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