Erythranthe geyeri |
Erythranthe linearifolia |
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Geyer's monkeyflower, mimule de James |
primrose monkeyflower, threadleaf primrose monkeyflower |
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Habit | Perennials, rhizomatous, rooting at nodes. | Perennials, rhizomatous, densely cespitose, forming large patches and turfs 0.3–1 m diam. |
Stems | decumbent-ascending to ascending or erect-ascending, branched, (3–)10–40 cm, glabrous. |
erect to ascending, simple, 2–10 cm, sparsely hirsute and stipitate-glandular, internodes shortened. |
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 or near basal, sometimes proximal cauline, subrosulate; petiole 0 mm; blade 1-veined or palmately 3-veined, linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 15–50 × 1.5–5 mm, base long-cuneate, often subclasping, margins entire, dentate-serrate, or distally dentate, apex acute, surfaces glabrous or adaxial sparsely short-pilose, eglandular. |
Flowers | plesiogamous, 2–8(–12), from distal nodes, sometimes from most nodes, very loosely racemose. |
herkogamous, 1. |
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. |
yellow, red-spotted or -striped, bilaterally symmetric, weakly bilabiate, loosely hirsute on abaxial side of opening; tube-throat narrowly campanulate, 18–22 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin; lobes broadly obovate-oblong, apex rounded- or truncate-notched, throat open. |
Fruiting pedicels | 18–30 mm, sparsely short villous-glandular or glabrous. |
(40–)65–85(–120) mm, glabrous or sparsely stipitate-glandular near base. |
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. |
winged- or plicate-angled, tubular-campanulate, weakly or not inflated, 9–10(–12) mm, glabrous. |
Capsules | included, (4.5–)5–8 mm. |
included, 6–7 mm. |
Anthers | included, glabrous. |
included or slightly exserted, margins ciliate, glabrous. |
2n | = 30. |
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Erythranthe geyeri |
Erythranthe linearifolia |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Aug(–Oct). | Flowering Jul–Sep. |
Habitat | Edges of flowing streams, marsh edges, drainage ditches, seepage areas, springs, muddy or moist banks. | Wet banks, Darlingtonia seeps and bogs, seepages in serpentine talus. |
Elevation | 200–2500 m. (700–8200 ft.) | 600–2800 m. (2000–9200 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 linearifolia is endemic to serpentine substrates in Shasta, Siskiyou, and Trinity counties; typical E. primuloides occurs in the same area but not on serpentine. Erythranthe linearifolia is distinct from E. primuloides especially in its narrow leaves and cespitose habit. A collection from Tulare County appears to be E. linearifolia (Shevock 10597, CAS), but this appears to be far out of range and the voucher should be reexamined; it probably is better identified as an unusual collection of E. primuloides. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 406. | FNA vol. 17, p. 390. |
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 primuloides var. linearifolius, M. linearifolius, M. primuloides subsp. linearifolius |
Name authority | (Torrey) G. L. Nesom: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 43. (2012) | (A. L. Grant) G. L. Nesom & N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 35. (2012) |
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