Erythranthe dentata |
Erythranthe rhodopetra |
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coast monkeyflower, coastal monkey-flower, tooth-leaf monkey-flower |
red rock canyon monkeyflower |
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Habit | Perennials, rhizomatous. | Annuals, taprooted. |
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, 6–7(–21) cm, minutely puberulent. |
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, linear to oblanceolate, 5–22 × 1–7(–10) mm, base attenuate, margins entire, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces minutely puberulent. |
Flowers | herkogamous, 1–5, from distal nodes. |
herkogamous, 1–46, 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. |
pale pink to pink, throat broad, yellow, palate with a broad yellow patch covering ridges and lateral areas, bilaterally symmetric, strongly bilabiate; tube-throat cylindric to funnelform, 9–15 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin; limb expanded 16–25 mm, lobes notched, abaxial limb glabrous or sparsely bearded. |
Fruiting pedicels | 12–25(–50) mm. |
erect to ascending, 10–33(–40) mm. |
Fruiting calyces | narrowly campanulate, not or weakly inflated, 9–14 mm, villous-hirsute on ribs. |
becoming reddish, campanulate to cylindric, 5–10 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, minutely puberulent, ribs thickened, lobes pronounced, erect, margins glabrous. |
Capsules | included, 8–9 mm. |
included, 4–9 mm. |
Anthers | included, short villous-hirsute. |
included, glabrous. |
Erythranthe dentata |
Erythranthe rhodopetra |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Aug. | Flowering Mar–May. |
Habitat | Stream banks. | Washes in Mojave Desert scrub. |
Elevation | 20–400 m. (100–1300 ft.) | 600–900 m. (2000–3000 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; OR; WA; BC
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CA |
Discussion | Erythranthe dentata is distinctive and rarely misidentified. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Erythranthe rhodopetra is endemic to the El Paso Mountains in Kern County. The species was treated previously as part of E. palmeri but is distinguished by having a wider limb (16–25 mm) than E. palmeri (8–15 mm) and pale pink flowers with a broad yellow palate and orifice. In contrast, E. palmeri has deep pink corollas with two yellow ridges on the palate. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 405. | FNA vol. 17, p. 387. |
Parent taxa | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Mimulus dentatus | |
Name authority | (Nuttall ex Bentham) G. L. Nesom: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 41. (2012) | N. S. Fraga: Aliso 30: 66, figs. 26–28. (2012) |
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