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Erythranthe androsacea

Androsace monkeyflower, rock-jasmine monkeyflower
Habit Annuals, taprooted.
Stems

erect, simple or branched from basal nodes, 0.5–10 cm, glabrous or minutely puberulent.
Leaves

cauline, basal not persistent;

petiole 0 mm;

blade 1-veined or palmately 3-veined (in broader ones), linear to lanceolate or ovate, 2–8 × 1–5 mm, base attenuate, sometimes clasping, margins entire, sometimes toothed, apex acute, surfaces glabrous or minutely puberulent.
Flowers

herkogamous, sometimes plesiogamous, 1–22, from distal or medial to distal nodes.
Styles

glabrous.
Corollas

pink to purple, palate sometimes with yellow or pink markings, without yellow palate ridges, bilaterally symmetric, weakly bilabiate;

tube-throat cylindric, 3–8 mm, exserted 2–3 mm beyond calyx margin;

limb expanded 3–7 mm, lobes entire, sometimes notched, adaxial limb glabrous, sometimes sparsely bearded.
Fruiting pedicels

ascending to often spreading horizontally, 5–30 mm.
Fruiting calyces

sometimes red-dotted, campanulate, 3–7 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, glabrous or minutely puberulent, ribs thickened, lobes pronounced, erect, margins glabrous.
Capsules

included, 3–5 mm.
Anthers

included, glabrous.

Erythranthe androsacea
Phenology Flowering Feb–May.
Habitat Moist open areas on gentle slopes.
Elevation 100–3600 m. (300–11800 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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Discussion

Erythranthe androsacea occurs primarily in the southern half of California but is scattered as far north as Lake and Modoc counties.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 388.
Parent taxa Phrymaceae > Erythranthe
Sibling taxa
E. acutidens, E. alsinoides, E. ampliata, 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 androsaceus, M. palmeri var. androsaceus
Name authority (Curran ex Greene) N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 35. (2012)
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