Erythranthe breweri |
Erythranthe grayi |
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Brewer's monkey-flower |
Gray's monkeyflower, mariposa monkeyflower |
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Habit | Annuals, taprooted. | Annuals, fibrous-rooted. |
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 base, weakly 4-angled, 8–20 cm, glabrous. |
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. |
basal and cauline; petiole 0 mm; blade palmately 3–5-veined, broadly ovate, 7–18 × 5–12 mm, base rounded, margins denticulate, apex acute, surfaces glabrous, rarely sparsely puberulent. |
Flowers | herkogamous, 1–8, from medial to distal nodes. |
herkogamous, 2–20, from proximal 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. |
rose red, throat pink lined with rose red and a yellow patch, abaxial ridges yellow, bilaterally symmetric, weakly bilabiate; tube-throat cylindric-funnelform, 8–11 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin; limb expanded 7–10 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | 4–12 mm, densely glandular-puberulent, hairs 0.05–0.1 mm, gland-tipped. |
6–7 mm, shorter than subtending leaves, glabrous. |
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, 9–11 × 5–6 mm, margins subtruncate, glabrous, sometimes densely papillate at flowering with tiny, 1-celled, eglandular hairs, these apparently deciduous by fruiting, lobes reduced, subequal. |
Capsules | included, 3–7 mm. |
included, 5–9 mm. |
Anthers | included, glabrous. |
included, minutely villous-hirsute. |
Erythranthe breweri |
Erythranthe grayi |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug(–Sep). | Flowering May–Jul(–Oct). |
Habitat | Seeps and springs, damp rocks, vernal creek beds, cliffs, granite outcrops, rocky ridges, gravelly areas, meadow edges, stream edges. | Drying pond beds, creek banks, yellow pine, yellow pine-Libocedrus woodlands. |
Elevation | (700–)1300–3500 m. ((2300–)4300–11500 ft.) | 1000–1900 m. (3300–6200 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC
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CA
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Discussion | In addition to the features noted in the key and descriptions, the fruiting calyces of Erythranthe grayi are distinctly more inflated than those of E. acutidens and E. inconspicua. G. L. Nesom (2012g) maintained E. grayi as distinct from E. acutidens, relying primarily on fruiting pedicel length (see key above), but the two have nearly identical ranges (Tuolumne County south to Kern County), and study of additional collections suggests that only a single species may be represented. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 390. | FNA vol. 17, p. 382. |
Parent taxa | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe |
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Synonyms | Eunanus breweri, Mimulus breweri, M. rubellus var. breweri | Mimulus grayi |
Name authority | (Greene) G. L. Nesom & N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 36. (2012) | (A. L. Grant) G. L. Nesom: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 34. (2012) |
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