Erythranthe lewisii |
Erythranthe suksdorfii |
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great purple monkey-flower, great purple or Lewis' monkeyflower, Lewis' monkey flower, pink monkey-flower, purple monkey-flower |
miniature monkey-flower, sukdorf's monkeyflower, Suksdorf's monkey-flower |
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Habit | Perennials, rhizomatous. | Annuals, taprooted, densely compact. |
Stems | erect, usually simple, (15–)25–60(–75) cm, stipitate-glandular to glandular-villous. |
erect, simple or many-branched from basal nodes, 0.5–10(–13) cm, minutely puberulent, internodes shortened, not evident. |
Leaves | cauline; petiole 0 mm; blade palmately veined, elliptic to ovate, ovate-lanceolate, or broadly oblanceolate, (10–)25–75(–90) × 5–35 mm, base rounded to cuneate, subclasping, margins denticulate, subentire, or entire, apex acute, surfaces stipitate-glandular to glandular-villous. |
cauline, basal not persistent; petiole 0 mm; blade 1-veined or palmately 3-veined (in broader ones), linear to lanceolate or ovate, 2–20(–25) × 0.5–4 mm, base attenuate, margins entire, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces minutely puberulent. |
Flowers | herkogamous, 2–6(–10), axillary at leafy medial to distal nodes. |
herkogamous or plesiogamous, 1–72, from distal or medial to distal nodes. |
Styles | glabrous. |
glabrous. |
Corollas | purple, rarely crimson, pale violet, white, pinkish white, yellowish white, or lavender, sometimes lined with red dots, bilaterally symmetric, strongly bilabiate; tube-throat funnelform, 22–28 mm, exserted beyond calyx margins; lobe apex usually truncate to shallowly convex, shallowly retuse, throat open. |
yellow, throat sometimes with red markings, abaxial limb sometimes with a red dot, bilaterally symmetric, weakly bilabiate; tube-throat cylindric, indistinct from throat, 4–6 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin; limb expanded 2–3 mm, lobes entire or weakly notched, palate glabrous or sparsely bearded. |
Fruiting pedicels | (25–)35–70 mm, stipitate-glandular to glandular-villous. |
2–10 mm. |
Fruiting calyces | broadly cylindric-campanulate, not inflated, 15–22 mm, stipitate-glandular to glandular-villous, tube 12–15(–17) × 9–12 mm. |
cylindric to urn-shaped, 3–6 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, glabrous or minutely puberulent, ribs thickened, lobes pronounced, erect. |
Capsules | included, 6–11 mm. |
included, 3–6 mm. |
Anthers | included, white-villous, thecae spreading. |
included, glabrous. |
2n | = 16. |
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Erythranthe lewisii |
Erythranthe suksdorfii |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Sep. | Flowering Apr–Aug. |
Habitat | Stream banks, springs, wet meadows, subalpine slopes, talus, crevices, ditches. | Moist, generally loamy to clay soils in open areas. |
Elevation | 600–2900(–3200) m. (2000–9500(–10500) ft.) | 700–4200 m. (2300–13800 ft.) |
Distribution |
AK; CA; CO; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC
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AZ; CA; ID; MT; NM; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; BC
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Discussion | Erythranthe lewisii in California occurs in Modoc, Siskiyou, and Trinity counties. California records from Shasta County and south previously identified as E. lewisii are identified here as E. erubescens. The record for E. lewisii in Alaska is documented by this collection: Hyder [noted on handwritten label as "New to Alaska, Standley"], damp land, 27 June 1924, K. Whited 1291 (MO). Apparent exceptions to the characteristic flower color are these: white to lavender in Nevada (Clark County, Charleston Mountains, Train 2068, MO); pinkish white in Washington (Skamania and Yakima counties, Mt. Paddo, Suksdorf 5779, MO); white or tinged with yellow, in Wyoming (Teton County, as described by Nelson in the protologue of Mimulus lewisii var. tetonensis). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 392. | FNA vol. 17, p. 384. |
Parent taxa | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe |
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Synonyms | Mimulus lewisii, M. lewisii var. tetonensis | Mimulus suksdorfii |
Name authority | (Pursh) G. L. Nesom & N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 36. (2012) | (A. Gray) N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 35. (2012) |
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