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yellow and white monkeyflower

Kelso Creek monkeyflower, Kelso Creek or Shevock's monkeyflower

Habit Annuals, taprooted. Annuals, taprooted.
Stems

erect, simple or branched from basal nodes, 4–30 cm, densely glandular-puberulent, hairs 0.05–0.1 mm, gland-tipped.

erect, simple or branched from basal nodes, 2–12 cm, minutely puberulent or glabrous.

Leaves

cauline, basal not persistent;

petiole 0 mm or short-attenuate;

blade 1-veined or palmately 3-veined (in broader ones), narrowly elliptic to linear-lanceolate or linear-oblanceolate, 10–30 × 2–6 mm at mid stem, base attenuate, margins entire or remotely shallowly dentate to mucronulate, teeth 1–4 per side, apex acute, surfaces densely glandular-puberulent, hairs 0.05–0.1 mm, gland-tipped.

cauline, basal not persistent;

petiole 0 mm;

blade palmately 3-veined (in broader ones), lanceolate to ovate, 3–10 × 1–5 mm, base truncate to truncate-cordate, clasping, margins entire, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces minutely puberulent or glabrous.

Flowers

herkogamous, 2–8, from medial to distal nodes.

herkogamous, 1–16, from distal or medial to distal nodes.

Styles

minutely glandular.

glabrous.

Corollas

yellow, adaxial lip white, sometimes yellow, throat and abaxial limb red-spotted, bilaterally symmetric, weakly bilabiate;

tube-throat funnelform, 8–12 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin;

limb broadly expanded, lobes 2-fid, palate villous.

maroon and yellow, 2 lateral lobes maroon, 1 much larger central lobe yellow (red-spotted), 2 adaxial lobes maroon, bilaterally symmetric, strongly bilabiate;

tube-throat cylindric, 8–12 mm, exserted 2–3 mm beyond calyx margin;

limb expanded 8–15 mm, central lobe 2-fid, abaxial limb sparsely villous-bearded.

Fruiting pedicels

(5–)7–20(–30) mm, densely glandular-puberulent, hairs 0.05–0.1 mm, gland-tipped.

ascending to often spreading horizontally, 10–22 mm.

Fruiting calyces

red-dotted, strongly angled, cylindric-campanulate, (5–)7–12 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, densely glandular-puberulent, hairs 0.05–0.1 mm, gland-tipped, ribs corky, lobes pronounced, spreading.

red-spotted or red, campanulate, 4–7 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, minutely puberulent or glabrous, ribs weak, lobes pronounced, erect, margins glabrous.

Capsules

included, 4–6 mm.

included, 5–6 mm.

Anthers

included, margins ciliate, glabrous.

included, glabrous.

2n

= 32.

Erythranthe bicolor

Erythranthe shevockii

Phenology Flowering Apr–Jun. Flowering Mar–May.
Habitat Moist banks, serpentine and granite outcrops, seepage areas, volcanic mudflows, open red clay exposures. Level openings in juniper and Joshua tree woodlands.
Elevation (100–)400–1700(–2500) m. ((300–)1300–5600(–8200) ft.) 900–1400 m. (3000–4600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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from FNA
CA
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Discussion

Erythranthe bicolor ranges from Shasta and Trinity counties south to Tulare County; the identity of apparently disjunct populations in San Bernardino County needs to be reexamined.

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

Erythranthe shevockii is known only from the southernmost Sierra Nevada in Kern County. It (as Mimulus shevockii) is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants.

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

Source FNA vol. 17, p. 390. FNA vol. 17, p. 389.
Parent taxa Phrymaceae > Erythranthe Phrymaceae > Erythranthe
Sibling taxa
E. acutidens, E. alsinoides, E. ampliata, E. androsacea, E. arenaria, E. arenicola, E. arvensis, E. barbata, 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. acutidens, 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. sierrae, E. suksdorfii, E. taylorii, E. thermalis, E. tilingii, E. trinitiensis, E. unimaculata, E. utahensis, E. verbenacea, E. washingtonensis, E. willisii
Synonyms Mimulus bicolor Mimulus shevockii
Name authority (Hartweg ex Bentham) G. L. Nesom & N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 36. (2012) (Heckard & Bacigalupi) N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 35. (2012)
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