Flora of North America species comparison

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Erythranthe breweri

Erythranthe parishii

Brewer's monkey-flower

Parish mimulus, Parish's monkeyflower
Habit Annuals, taprooted. Annuals, taprooted or 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, usually simple, (3–)10–85 cm, villous-glandular to stipitate-glandular.
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;

petiole 0 mm;

blade palmately 3-veined, oblanceolate to narrowly ovate or oblong, (8–)15–75 × 3–17 mm, base slightly narrowed, subclasping to clasping, margins distally denticulate to irregularly dentate, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces villous-glandular to stipitate-glandular.
Flowers

herkogamous, 1–8, from medial to distal nodes.

herkogamous, 4–12, from 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.

white to light lavender, pinkish, or rosy, palate ridges yellow-striped, palate and abaxial limb with or without small, reddish spots, bilaterally symmetric, weakly bilabiate;

tube-throat cylindric, 8–10 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin;

lobe apex truncate to rounded, slightly erose, throat open.
Fruiting pedicels

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

15–20 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.

slightly ridge-angled, cylindric-campanulate, not inflated, 8–13 mm, villous-glandular to stipitate-glandular.
Capsules

included, 3–7 mm.

included, 6–10 mm.
Anthers

included, glabrous.

included, glabrous.

Erythranthe breweri

Erythranthe parishii
Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug(–Sep). Flowering May–Aug.
Habitat Seeps and springs, damp rocks, vernal creek beds, cliffs, granite outcrops, rocky ridges, gravelly areas, meadow edges, stream edges. Wet, sandy streamsides, rocky riverbeds, canyon drainages.
Elevation (700–)1300–3500 m. ((2300–)4300–11500 ft.) 400–2300 m. (1300–7500 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC
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from FNA
CA; NV; Mexico (Baja California)
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Discussion

Erythranthe parishii occurs in the southern Sierra Nevada (Kern and Tulare counties), mountain ranges of southern California (five counties), desert mountains (Inyo County), and in Clark and southern Nye counties, Nevada. It is the only annual species of sect. Erythranthe.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 390. FNA vol. 17, p. 392.
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. androsacea, 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. 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 parishii
Name authority (Greene) G. L. Nesom & N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 36. (2012) (Greene) G. L. Nesom & N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 37. (2012)
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