Erythranthe decora |
Erythranthe suksdorfii |
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mannered monkeyflower, northwestern monkey -flower, sharp-leaf monkey-flower, showy monkey-flower |
miniature monkey-flower, sukdorf's monkeyflower, Suksdorf's monkey-flower |
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Habit | Perennials, rhizomatous, sometimes producing numerous, long, remotely leafy runners from basal cauline nodes. | Annuals, taprooted, densely compact. |
Stems | erect, simple, 20–100 cm, distals densely, minutely hirtellous. |
erect, simple or many-branched from basal nodes, 0.5–10(–13) cm, minutely puberulent, internodes shortened, not evident. |
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. |
cauline, basal not persistent; petiole 0 mm; blade 1-veined or palmately 3-veined (in broader ones), linear to lanceolate or ovate, 2–20(–25) × 0.5–4 mm, base attenuate, margins entire, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces minutely puberulent. |
Flowers | herkogamous, (1 or)2–7(–14), from distal nodes. |
herkogamous or plesiogamous, 1–72, from distal or 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, throat sometimes with red markings, abaxial limb sometimes with a red dot, bilaterally symmetric, weakly bilabiate; tube-throat cylindric, indistinct from throat, 4–6 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin; limb expanded 2–3 mm, lobes entire or weakly notched, palate glabrous or sparsely bearded. |
Fruiting pedicels | 18–35(–40) mm, distals densely, minutely hirtellous, hairs often slightly deflexed. |
2–10 mm. |
Fruiting calyces | green, sometimes red-spotted, ovoid, inflated, sagittally compressed, 15–19 mm, distals densely, minutely hirtellous, throat closing, lobe margins (sinuses) villous. |
cylindric to urn-shaped, 3–6 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, glabrous or minutely puberulent, ribs thickened, lobes pronounced, erect. |
Capsules | included, 8–10 mm. |
included, 3–6 mm. |
Anthers | included, glabrous. |
included, glabrous. |
Erythranthe decora |
Erythranthe suksdorfii |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Aug. | Flowering Apr–Aug. |
Habitat | River banks, streamsides, dripping banks, moist meadows. | Moist, generally loamy to clay soils in open areas. |
Elevation | 1000–1600 m. (3300–5200 ft.) | 700–4200 m. (2300–13800 ft.) |
Distribution |
ID; OR; WA; BC
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AZ; CA; ID; MT; NM; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; BC
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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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 414. | FNA vol. 17, p. 384. |
Parent taxa | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe |
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Synonyms | Mimulus guttatus var. decorus, M. decorus | Mimulus suksdorfii |
Name authority | (A. L. Grant) G. L. Nesom: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 43. (2012) | (A. Gray) N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 35. (2012) |
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