Erythranthe breweri |
Erythranthe gracilipes |
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Brewer's monkey-flower |
slender-stalk monkeyflower |
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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, 5–15 cm, sparsely glandular-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, (3–)7–13 × 1–3 mm, base attenuate, margins entire, sometimes toothed, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces sparsely glandular-puberulent. |
Flowers | herkogamous, 1–8, from medial to distal nodes. |
herkogamous, 1–15, 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 rose lavender, throat deep pink to purple with 2 yellow longitudinal ridges, bilaterally symmetric, strongly bilabiate, 2 adaxial lobes much reduced, smaller than 3 abaxials; tube-throat cylindric, 7–10 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin; limb expanded 5–9 mm, abaxial lobes rounded and shallowly 2-fid, abaxial limb glabrous or sparsely bearded. |
Fruiting pedicels | 4–12 mm, densely glandular-puberulent, hairs 0.05–0.1 mm, gland-tipped. |
8–30 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. |
becoming red to straw colored, campanulate, 4–7 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, sparsely glandular-puberulent, ribs thickened, lobes pronounced, erect, margins ciliate. |
Capsules | included, 3–7 mm. |
included, 4–5 mm. |
Anthers | included, glabrous. |
included, glabrous. |
Erythranthe breweri |
Erythranthe gracilipes |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug(–Sep). | Flowering Apr–May. |
Habitat | Seeps and springs, damp rocks, vernal creek beds, cliffs, granite outcrops, rocky ridges, gravelly areas, meadow edges, stream edges. | Open areas in thin decomposed granite soils, often on edges of large granite boulders. |
Elevation | (700–)1300–3500 m. ((2300–)4300–11500 ft.) | 500–1300 m. (1600–4300 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC
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CA
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Discussion | Erythranthe gracilipes is endemic to the foothills of the central Sierra Nevada in Fresno, Madera, and Mariposa counties and apparently is most abundant after fire. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 390. | FNA vol. 17, p. 385. |
Parent taxa | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe |
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Synonyms | Eunanus breweri, Mimulus breweri, M. rubellus var. breweri | Mimulus gracilipes |
Name authority | (Greene) G. L. Nesom & N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 36. (2012) | (B. L. Robinson) N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 35. (2012) |
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