Erythranthe decora |
Erythranthe norrisii |
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mannered monkeyflower, northwestern monkey -flower, sharp-leaf monkey-flower, showy monkey-flower |
Kaweah monkeyflower, Norris' monkeyflower |
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Habit | Perennials, rhizomatous, sometimes producing numerous, long, remotely leafy runners from basal cauline nodes. | Annuals, fibrous-rooted or filiform-taprooted. |
Stems | erect, simple, 20–100 cm, distals densely, minutely hirtellous. |
ascending to erect-ascending, geniculate at nodes, usually branched from proximal nodes, 2–15(–25) cm, villous-glandular. |
Leaves | cauline, basal usually not persistent; petiole: proximals 8–25 mm, midcauline 3–5 mm, distalmost 0 mm; blade palmately (3–)5–7-veined, broadly ovate-triangular to ovate-lanceolate, 20–50(–60) × 10–30(–40) mm, usually 1–2 times longer than wide, base rounded to truncate to shallowly cuneate, margins dentate, teeth sharp-pointed, apex acute, surfaces sometimes glabrate, distals densely, minutely hirtellous. |
basal and cauline; petiole 5–10(–15) mm; blade palmately 3–5-veined, sometimes with 1–3 distal vein pairs diverging pinnately, elliptic to elliptic-obovate, 20–35 × 10–20 mm, base usually attenuate, margins subentire to distally denticulate, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces villous-glandular. |
Flowers | herkogamous, (1 or)2–7(–14), from distal nodes. |
herkogamous, 1–5, from medial to distal nodes. |
Styles | minutely, prominently hirsutulous to villosulous. |
glabrous. |
Corollas | yellow to chrome yellow, throat floor and tube usually red-spotted, bilaterally symmetric, bilabiate; tube-throat broadly funnelform, 18–26 mm, exserted (8–)10–15 mm beyond calyx margin; limb expanded 22–30 mm. |
yellow, base of each lobe with a prominent maroon splotch, abaxial limb with white patch at 2 sinus bases, weakly bilaterally or radially symmetric, weakly bilabiate or regular; tube-throat cylindric-funnelform, 12–16 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin; limb expanded 15–30 mm, lobes oblong-obovate to orbicular-obovate, apex rounded-truncate. |
Fruiting pedicels | 18–35(–40) mm, distals densely, minutely hirtellous, hairs often slightly deflexed. |
20–35(–50) mm, villous-glandular. |
Fruiting calyces | green, sometimes red-spotted, ovoid, inflated, sagittally compressed, 15–19 mm, distals densely, minutely hirtellous, throat closing, lobe margins (sinuses) villous. |
red-dotted, campanulate, weakly inflated, 4–6 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, villous-glandular, ribs rounded-thickened, lobes pronounced, erect, often incurved, linear-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, apex rounded to blunt. |
Capsules | included, 8–10 mm. |
usually slightly exserted, 4–6 mm. |
Anthers | included, glabrous. |
included, glabrous. |
2n | = 32. |
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Erythranthe decora |
Erythranthe norrisii |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Aug. | Flowering Mar–May. |
Habitat | River banks, streamsides, dripping banks, moist meadows. | Steep marble outcrops in soil pockets, moss covered marble and quartzite ledges, cracks, fractures, weathered faces, chamise chaparral or blue oak woodlands. |
Elevation | 1000–1600 m. (3300–5200 ft.) | 300–1300 m. (1000–4300 ft.) |
Distribution |
ID; OR; WA; BC
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CA
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Discussion | Erythranthe decora is distinct in its uniformly ovate to ovate-lanceolate leaf blades with truncate bases and regularly toothed margins, relatively long internodes, rhizomatous habit, mostly unbranched stems, often with leafy runners from basal nodes, large corollas, hairy styles, and minutely hirtellous stems, pedicels, calyces, and leaf surfaces. The densely produced rhizomes suggest a relationship with the E. tilingii group. A population in Clearwater County, Idaho, appears to be long-disjunct from the main range of the species in northwestern Oregon and the western half of Washington. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Erythranthe norrisii is known only from the Kaweah River drainage; most populations are in Sequoia National Park in Tulare County. The species is characterized by its short-petiolate leaves with attenuate bases, very large corollas with red splotches at the base of each lobe and two white patches on the abaxial limb, and very short, purple-dotted calyces with rounded-thickened ribs and linear-oblong lobes incurved in fruit. The capsules often are slightly exserted. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 414. | FNA vol. 17, p. 405. |
Parent taxa | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Mimulus guttatus var. decorus, M. decorus | Mimulus norrisii |
Name authority | (A. L. Grant) G. L. Nesom: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 43. (2012) | (Heckard & Shevock) G. L. Nesom: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 39. (2012) |
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