Erythranthe breweri |
Erythranthe carsonensis |
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Brewer's monkey-flower |
Carson Valley monkeyflower |
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Habit | Annuals, taprooted. | Annuals, taprooted, densely compact. |
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, 2–7(–8) cm, minutely glandular, internodes shortened, not evident. |
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 palmately 3-veined (in broader ones), linear to spatulate, (3–)5–23 × 1–5 mm, base truncate to truncate-cordate, clasping, margins entire, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces minutely glandular. |
Flowers | herkogamous, 1–8, from medial to distal nodes. |
herkogamous, 1–35, 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. |
yellow, palate red-dotted and 1 large central spot, bilaterally symmetric, strongly bilabiate; tube-throat cylindric, distinct from abruptly expanding throat, (5–)7–11 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin; limb expanded 7–12(–15) mm, each lobe 2-fid, palate densely bearded. |
Fruiting pedicels | 4–12 mm, densely glandular-puberulent, hairs 0.05–0.1 mm, gland-tipped. |
(3–)5–14 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. |
campanulate to widely urceolate, 4–7 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, minutely glandular, ribs thickened, lobes pronounced, erect. |
Capsules | included, 3–7 mm. |
included, 3–6 mm. |
Anthers | included, glabrous. |
included, glabrous. |
Erythranthe breweri |
Erythranthe carsonensis |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug(–Sep). | Flowering Mar–Jun. |
Habitat | Seeps and springs, damp rocks, vernal creek beds, cliffs, granite outcrops, rocky ridges, gravelly areas, meadow edges, stream edges. | Openings in sage brush/bitterbrush scrub in sand of decomposed granite. |
Elevation | (700–)1300–3500 m. ((2300–)4300–11500 ft.) | 1400–1800 m. (4600–5900 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC
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CA; NV |
Discussion | Erythranthe carsonensis is restricted to the Carson Valley, Eagle Valley, and Washoe Valley region of Nevada and adjacent California, with one known disjunct occurrence about 58 km to the north in Nevada. The species was previously included in the broader concept of E. montioides but can be distinguished by its much branched and compact habit, linear to spatulate leaves with clasping bases, calyx with glabrous margins, and larger corolla with one large red spot in the center. Erythranthe carsonensis has been impacted by agriculture, urbanization, and other anthropogenic changes. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 390. | FNA vol. 17, p. 384. |
Parent taxa | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe |
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Synonyms | Eunanus breweri, Mimulus breweri, M. rubellus var. breweri | Mimulus rubellus var. latiflorus |
Name authority | (Greene) G. L. Nesom & N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 36. (2012) | N. S. Fraga: Aliso 30: 59, figs. 17–21. (2012) |
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