FNA: Erythranthe breweri vs. Erythranthe androsacea

	Erythranthe breweri	Erythranthe androsacea
	Brewer's monkey-flower	Androsace monkeyflower, rock-jasmine monkeyflower
Habit	Annuals, taprooted.	Annuals, taprooted.
Stems	erect, simple or branched from basal nodes, 2–20 cm, densely glandular-puberulent, hairs 0.05–0.1 mm, gland-tipped.	erect, simple or branched from basal nodes, 0.5–10 cm, glabrous or minutely puberulent.
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.	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, 1–8, from medial to distal nodes.	herkogamous, sometimes plesiogamous, 1–22, from distal or medial to distal nodes.
Styles	glabrous.	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.	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	4–12 mm, densely glandular-puberulent, hairs 0.05–0.1 mm, gland-tipped.	ascending to often spreading horizontally, 5–30 mm.
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.	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, 3–7 mm.	included, 3–5 mm.
Anthers	included, glabrous.	included, glabrous.

	Erythranthe breweri	Erythranthe androsacea
Phenology	Flowering Jun–Aug(–Sep).	Flowering Feb–May.
Habitat	Seeps and springs, damp rocks, vernal creek beds, cliffs, granite outcrops, rocky ridges, gravelly areas, meadow edges, stream edges.	Moist open areas on gentle slopes.
Elevation	(700–)1300–3500 m. ((2300–)4300–11500 ft.)	100–3600 m. (300–11800 ft.)
Distribution	AZ; CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC [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.)
Source	FNA vol. 17, p. 390.	FNA vol. 17, p. 388.
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. bicolor, E. brachystylis, E. breviflora, 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. 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	Eunanus breweri, Mimulus breweri, M. rubellus var. breweri	Mimulus androsaceus, M. palmeri var. androsaceus
Name authority	(Greene) G. L. Nesom & N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 36. (2012)	(Curran ex Greene) N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 35. (2012)
Web links	Local floras: BC, CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria 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 androsacea

Brewer's monkey-flower

Androsace monkeyflower, rock-jasmine monkeyflower

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.

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

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.

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, 1–8, from medial to distal nodes.

herkogamous, sometimes plesiogamous, 1–22, from distal or 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.

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

4–12 mm, densely glandular-puberulent, hairs 0.05–0.1 mm, gland-tipped.

ascending to often spreading horizontally, 5–30 mm.

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.

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, 3–7 mm.

included, 3–5 mm.

Anthers

included, glabrous.

Erythranthe breweri

Erythranthe androsacea

Phenology

Flowering Jun–Aug(–Sep).

Flowering Feb–May.

Habitat

Seeps and springs, damp rocks, vernal creek beds, cliffs, granite outcrops, rocky ridges, gravelly areas, meadow edges, stream edges.

Moist open areas on gentle slopes.

Elevation

(700–)1300–3500 m. ((2300–)4300–11500 ft.)

100–3600 m. (300–11800 ft.)

Distribution

AZ; CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC

[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.)

Source

FNA vol. 17, p. 390.

FNA vol. 17, p. 388.

Parent taxa

Phrymaceae > Erythranthe

Sibling taxa

E. acutidens, E. alsinoides, E. ampliata, E. androsacea, E. arenaria, E. arenicola, E. arvensis, E. barbata, E. bicolor, E. brachystylis, E. breviflora, 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. 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

Eunanus breweri, Mimulus breweri, M. rubellus var. breweri

Mimulus androsaceus, M. palmeri var. androsaceus

Name authority

(Greene) G. L. Nesom & N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 36. (2012)

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

Web links

Local floras: BC, CA, OR, WA
Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria
WildflowerSearch
iNaturalist (observations)
LBJ Wildflower Center
SEINet
Plants of the World Online
Encyclopedia of Life
Wikipedia
Google Image Search

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