Erythranthe breweri |
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Brewer's monkey-flower |
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Habit | Annuals, taprooted. |
Stems | erect, simple or branched from basal nodes, 2–20 cm, densely glandular-puberulent, hairs 0.05–0.1 mm, gland-tipped. |
Leaves | cauline, basal not persistent; petiole 1–4 mm; blade 1-veined or palmately 3-veined (in broader ones), linear-oblanceolate to linear-lanceolate or linear, (5–)10–15(–20) × 1–2(–5) mm, base attenuate, margins entire or remotely mucronulate distally, apex acute, surfaces densely glandular-puberulent, hairs 0.05–0.1 mm, gland-tipped. |
Flowers | herkogamous, 1–8, from medial to distal nodes. |
Styles | glabrous. |
Corollas | pink to red, rose red, red-purple, or lavender, throat usually light purple to lavender (similar in color to rest of corolla), palate ridges yellow, abaxial limb with deep pink markings, bilaterally symmetric, strongly bilabiate; tube-throat cylindric-funnelform, 3–7 mm, exserted 0–1 mm beyond calyx margin; limb expanded 2–3 mm, lobes notched or entire. |
Fruiting pedicels | 4–12 mm, densely glandular-puberulent, hairs 0.05–0.1 mm, gland-tipped. |
Fruiting calyces | red-dotted, strongly angled, cylindric-campanulate, 4–7 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, densely glandular-puberulent, hairs 0.05–0.1 mm, gland-tipped, ribs corky, lobes pronounced, spreading. |
Capsules | included, 3–7 mm. |
Anthers | included, glabrous. |
Erythranthe breweri |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug(–Sep). |
Habitat | Seeps and springs, damp rocks, vernal creek beds, cliffs, granite outcrops, rocky ridges, gravelly areas, meadow edges, stream edges. |
Elevation | (700–)1300–3500 m. ((2300–)4300–11500 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 390. |
Parent taxa | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe |
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Synonyms | Eunanus breweri, Mimulus breweri, M. rubellus var. breweri |
Name authority | (Greene) G. L. Nesom & N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 36. (2012) |
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