Erythranthe dentata |
Erythranthe carsonensis |
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coast monkeyflower, coastal monkey-flower, tooth-leaf monkey-flower |
Carson Valley monkeyflower |
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Habit | Perennials, rhizomatous. | Annuals, taprooted, densely compact. |
Stems | erect to erect-ascending, simple or few-branched, 15–40 cm, coarsely pilose to hirsute-pilose, glabrescent, internodes evident. |
erect, simple or branched from basal nodes, 2–7(–8) cm, minutely glandular, internodes shortened, not evident. |
Leaves | cauline; petiole (0–)2–12 mm, not winged, distally sometimes sessile, subclasping; blade pinnately veined, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate or elliptic-ovate, 25–75 mm, thick, base rounded to cuneate, margins coarsely dentate to serrate, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces coarsely pilose to hirsute-pilose, glabrescent. |
cauline, basal not persistent; petiole 0 mm; blade palmately 3-veined (in broader ones), linear to spatulate, (3–)5–23 × 1–5 mm, base truncate to truncate-cordate, clasping, margins entire, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces minutely glandular. |
Flowers | herkogamous, 1–5, from distal nodes. |
herkogamous, 1–35, from distal or medial to distal nodes. |
Styles | glabrous. |
glabrous. |
Corollas | yellow, palate and throat brown to reddish brown-spotted, bilaterally symmetric, ± bilabiate; tube-throat funnelform, 15–26 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin; throat open, palate villous, abaxial ridges low. |
yellow, palate red-dotted and 1 large central spot, bilaterally symmetric, strongly bilabiate; tube-throat cylindric, distinct from abruptly expanding throat, (5–)7–11 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin; limb expanded 7–12(–15) mm, each lobe 2-fid, palate densely bearded. |
Fruiting pedicels | 12–25(–50) mm. |
(3–)5–14 mm. |
Fruiting calyces | narrowly campanulate, not or weakly inflated, 9–14 mm, villous-hirsute on ribs. |
campanulate to widely urceolate, 4–7 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, minutely glandular, ribs thickened, lobes pronounced, erect. |
Capsules | included, 8–9 mm. |
included, 3–6 mm. |
Anthers | included, short villous-hirsute. |
included, glabrous. |
Erythranthe dentata |
Erythranthe carsonensis |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Aug. | Flowering Mar–Jun. |
Habitat | Stream banks. | Openings in sage brush/bitterbrush scrub in sand of decomposed granite. |
Elevation | 20–400 m. (100–1300 ft.) | 1400–1800 m. (4600–5900 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; OR; WA; BC
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CA; NV |
Discussion | Erythranthe dentata is distinctive and rarely misidentified. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Erythranthe carsonensis is restricted to the Carson Valley, Eagle Valley, and Washoe Valley region of Nevada and adjacent California, with one known disjunct occurrence about 58 km to the north in Nevada. The species was previously included in the broader concept of E. montioides but can be distinguished by its much branched and compact habit, linear to spatulate leaves with clasping bases, calyx with glabrous margins, and larger corolla with one large red spot in the center. Erythranthe carsonensis has been impacted by agriculture, urbanization, and other anthropogenic changes. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 405. | FNA vol. 17, p. 384. |
Parent taxa | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Mimulus dentatus | Mimulus rubellus var. latiflorus |
Name authority | (Nuttall ex Bentham) G. L. Nesom: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 41. (2012) | N. S. Fraga: Aliso 30: 59, figs. 17–21. (2012) |
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