Erythranthe geyeri |
Erythranthe inconspicua |
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Geyer's monkeyflower, mimule de James |
small-flower monkeyflower |
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Habit | Perennials, rhizomatous, rooting at nodes. | Annuals, fibrous-rooted. |
Stems | decumbent-ascending to ascending or erect-ascending, branched, (3–)10–40 cm, glabrous. |
erect to ascending, simple or branched from base, 4-angled, 3–16 cm, glabrous. |
Leaves | cauline, basal not persistent; petiole 3–10(–20) mm or 0 mm distally; blade palmately 3–5-veined, suborbicular to depressed-ovate or broadly elliptic-ovate to reniform, 6–25 mm, relatively even-sized or largest often at mid stem, bracteal reduced, base cuneate to truncate or subcordate, margins shallowly dentate to crenate-dentate, teeth 3–7(–10) per side, apex rounded, adaxial surface of distals sparsely short villous-glandular or glabrous. |
basal and cauline; petiole: proximals 1–5 mm, mid cauline and distals 0 mm; blade palmately 3-veined, broadly elliptic to ovate or broadly ovate, 6–20 × 6–12 mm, base rounded to cordate, margins subentire to denticulate, apex obtuse to acute or acuminate, surfaces sparsely villous. |
Flowers | plesiogamous, 2–8(–12), from distal nodes, sometimes from most nodes, very loosely racemose. |
plesiogamous, 1–12, from proximal to distal nodes. |
Styles | glabrous. |
glabrous. |
Corollas | yellow, sparsely red-dotted or not, bilaterally symmetric, weakly bilabiate; tube-throat cylindric-funnelform, 6–8 mm, exserted 1–3 mm beyond calyx margin; limb expanded 5–8 mm. |
pale pink to rose pink or purple to magenta, throat sometimes yellow, lobes sometimes yellowish with pale rose spots, bilaterally symmetric, weakly bilabiate; tube-throat cylindric, 5–9 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin; limb expanded 5–6 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | 18–30 mm, sparsely short villous-glandular or glabrous. |
5–15 mm, glabrous. |
Fruiting calyces | obtriangular to broadly obtriangular or deeply cupulate, inflated, sagittally compressed, (7–)8–12 mm, sparsely short villous-glandular or glabrous, throat not closing, lateral lobes shallowly convex-mucronulate, adaxial ovate with apex rounded. |
campanulate, 6–9 mm, margins subtruncate, glabrous, lobes reduced, subequal. |
Capsules | included, (4.5–)5–8 mm. |
included, 4–9 mm. |
Anthers | included, glabrous. |
included, minutely villous-hirsute. |
2n | = 30. |
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Erythranthe geyeri |
Erythranthe inconspicua |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Aug(–Oct). | Flowering Apr–Jun(–Jul). |
Habitat | Edges of flowing streams, marsh edges, drainage ditches, seepage areas, springs, muddy or moist banks. | Steep, north- or northwest-facing slopes, canyon walls, moist talus, granitic sand on outcrops, moist gravelly open spots, sandy lakeshores, hillside streams or seeps, riparian woodlands, grassy slopes, gray pine, yellow pine, yellow pine-Kellogg oak, chaparral, Pseudotsuga-Pinus-Cornus, canyon live oak woodlands. |
Elevation | 200–2500 m. (700–8200 ft.) | 200–2100 m. (700–6900 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; CO; IA; IL; KS; MI; MN; MO; NE; NM; OK; PA; SD; TX; WI; WY; AB; MB; ON; QC; SK; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Distrito Federal, Durango, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, México, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Veracruz, Zacatecas)
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CA
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Discussion | Erythranthe geyeri has commonly been regarded as conspecific with E. glabrata (Kunth) G. L. Nesom (as Mimulus glabratus var. jamesii), but typical E. glabrata has a different chromosome number and distinct morphology and its range does not reach the United States. In Mexico, the two species are broadly sympatric without intermediates. An allozyme study of the M. glabratus complex (R. K. Vickery 1990) indicated that the Great Plains populations of E. geyeri are distinct from those in New Mexico and Mexico, corresponding to a difference in pedicel vestiture. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Erythranthe inconspicua occurs in Sierran counties from Kern north to El Dorado and then is apparently disjunct further northward to Butte County. A record from Los Angeles County (Bigelow s.n., 14 May 1854, the type of the species) is probably mislabeled, as other collections by Bigelow on the same day are from Calaveras County. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 406. | FNA vol. 17, p. 382. |
Parent taxa | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe |
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Synonyms | Mimulus geyeri, M. glabratus var. fremontii, M. glabratus var. jamesii, M. glabratus var. oklahomensis, M. jamesii, M. jamesii var. fremontii | Mimulus inconspicuus |
Name authority | (Torrey) G. L. Nesom: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 43. (2012) | (A. Gray) G. L. Nesom: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 34. (2012) |
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