Erythranthe inconspicua |
Erythranthe montioides |
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small-flower monkeyflower |
montia-like monkeyflower, mountain monkeyflower |
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Habit | Annuals, fibrous-rooted. | Annuals, taprooted. |
Stems | erect to ascending, simple or branched from base, 4-angled, 3–16 cm, glabrous. |
erect, simple or branched from basal nodes, 2–15 cm, glabrous or minutely puberulent, internodes elongate, distinct. |
Leaves | 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. |
cauline, basal not persistent; petiole 0 mm; blade 1-veined or palmately 3-veined (in broader ones), linear to lanceolate, (3–)4–25 × 0.5–2 mm, base attenuate, margins entire, apex acute, surfaces glabrous or minutely puberulent. |
Flowers | plesiogamous, 1–12, from proximal to distal nodes. |
herkogamous, 1–6, from medial to distal nodes. |
Styles | glabrous. |
glabrous. |
Corollas | 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. |
yellow, abaxial limb red-spotted, bilaterally symmetric, strongly bilabiate; tube-throat cylindric to funnelform, 6–10 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin; limb expanded 5–12 mm, lateral lobes entire or shallowly notched, palate glabrous or sparsely bearded. |
Fruiting pedicels | 5–15 mm, glabrous. |
(4–)5–20 mm. |
Fruiting calyces | campanulate, 6–9 mm, margins subtruncate, glabrous, lobes reduced, subequal. |
becoming straw colored, campanulate, 5–7 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, ciliate, glabrous or minutely puberulent, ribs weak, lobes pronounced, erect. |
Capsules | included, 4–9 mm. |
included, 5–6 mm. |
Anthers | included, minutely villous-hirsute. |
included, glabrous. |
Erythranthe inconspicua |
Erythranthe montioides |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jun(–Jul). | Flowering Jun–Aug. |
Habitat | 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. | Sandy opening in mixed coniferous and lodgepole forests. |
Elevation | 200–2100 m. (700–6900 ft.) | 1900–2900 m. (6200–9500 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA
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CA
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Discussion | 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.) |
Erythranthe montioides has been previously treated as a highly polymorphic species with a relatively broad geographic range but is now recognized as narrowly endemic to Fresno and north-central Tulare counties. The following species were segregated from E. montioides: E. barbata, E. calcicola, E. carsonensis, and E. discolor. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 382. | FNA vol. 17, p. 385. |
Parent taxa | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe |
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Synonyms | Mimulus inconspicuus | Mimulus montioides |
Name authority | (A. Gray) G. L. Nesom: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 34. (2012) | (A. Gray) N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 35. (2012) |
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