FNA: Erythranthe androsacea vs. Erythranthe acutidens

	Erythranthe androsacea	Erythranthe acutidens
	Androsace monkeyflower, rock-jasmine monkeyflower	Kings River monkeyflower
Habit	Annuals, taprooted.	Annuals, fibrous-rooted.
Stems	erect, simple or branched from basal nodes, 0.5–10 cm, glabrous or minutely puberulent.	erect to ascending-erect, simple or diffusely branched, 4-angled, 7–20 cm, glabrous.
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.	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, sometimes plesiogamous, 1–22, from distal or medial to distal nodes.	herkogamous, 2–20, from proximal to distal nodes.
Styles	glabrous.	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.	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	ascending to often spreading horizontally, 5–30 mm.	divergent-arcuate, sometimes becoming deflexed, 10–23 mm, longer than subtending leaves, glabrous.
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.	campanulate, 7–9 mm, margins subtruncate, glabrous, lobes reduced, subequal.
Capsules	included, 3–5 mm.	included, (4–)5–10 mm.
Anthers	included, glabrous.	included, minutely villous-hirsute.

	Erythranthe androsacea	Erythranthe acutidens
Phenology	Flowering Feb–May.	Flowering Apr–Jul.
Habitat	Moist open areas on gentle slopes.	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	100–3600 m. (300–11800 ft.)	200–2000 m. (700–6600 ft.)
Distribution	CA [WildflowerSearch map]	CA [WildflowerSearch map]
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.)	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. 388.	FNA vol. 17, p. 383.
Parent taxa	Phrymaceae > Erythranthe	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	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 androsaceus, M. palmeri var. androsaceus	Mimulus acutidens, M. inconspicuus var. acutidens
Name authority	(Curran ex Greene) N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 35. (2012)	(Greene) G. L. Nesom: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 34. (2012)
Web links	Local floras: CA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	Local floras: CA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Erythranthe acutidens

Androsace monkeyflower, rock-jasmine monkeyflower

Kings River monkeyflower

Habit

Annuals, taprooted.

Annuals, fibrous-rooted.

Stems

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

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

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.

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

herkogamous, 2–20, from proximal 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.

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

ascending to often spreading horizontally, 5–30 mm.

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

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.

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

Capsules

included, 3–5 mm.

included, (4–)5–10 mm.

Anthers

included, glabrous.

included, minutely villous-hirsute.

Erythranthe androsacea

Erythranthe acutidens

Phenology

Flowering Feb–May.

Flowering Apr–Jul.

Habitat

Moist open areas on gentle slopes.

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

100–3600 m. (300–11800 ft.)

200–2000 m. (700–6600 ft.)

Distribution

[WildflowerSearch map]

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.)

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. 388.

FNA vol. 17, p. 383.

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

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 androsaceus, M. palmeri var. androsaceus

Mimulus acutidens, M. inconspicuus var. acutidens

Name authority

(Curran ex Greene) N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 35. (2012)

(Greene) G. L. Nesom: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 34. (2012)

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