Erythranthe linearifolia |
Erythranthe primuloides |
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primrose monkeyflower, threadleaf primrose monkeyflower |
primrose monkey-flower |
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Habit | Perennials, rhizomatous, densely cespitose, forming large patches and turfs 0.3–1 m diam. | Perennials, rhizomatous or stoloniferous, mat-forming, rhizomes or stolons flagelliform. |
Stems | erect to ascending, simple, 2–10 cm, sparsely hirsute and stipitate-glandular, internodes shortened. |
erect to ascending, usually simple, 2–10(–20) cm, villous, internodes shortened. |
Leaves | 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. |
all basal or near basal, often rosulate; petiole 0 mm; blade palmately 3-veined, oblanceolate to elliptic-obovate, 7–40 × 4–12 mm, base cuneate to attenuate, margins entire, distally denticulate to dentate, or sharply serrate-dentate, apex acute to obtuse, abaxial surface glabrous, adaxial glabrous or glabrate to sparsely to densely long-villous, eglandular. |
Flowers | herkogamous, 1. |
herkogamous, 1. |
Styles | glabrous. |
glabrous. |
Corollas | 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. |
yellow to orange-yellow, usually brown-spotted abaxially, base of each abaxial lobe usually with a larger reddish brown spot, bilaterally or nearly radially symmetric, weakly bilabiate or nearly regular, densely hirsute on abaxial side of opening; tube-throat narrowly campanulate, 15–20 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin; lobes broadly obovate-oblong, apex rounded- or truncate-notched, throat open, palate densely villous, abaxial ridges prominent. |
Fruiting pedicels | (40–)65–85(–120) mm, glabrous or sparsely stipitate-glandular near base. |
30–110(–130) mm, glabrous or sparsely stipitate-glandular near base. |
Fruiting calyces | winged- or plicate-angled, tubular-campanulate, weakly or not inflated, 9–10(–12) mm, glabrous. |
tubular-campanulate, weakly or not inflated, 6–8 mm, glabrous. |
Capsules | included, 6–7 mm. |
included, 6–7 mm. |
Anthers | included or slightly exserted, margins ciliate, glabrous. |
slightly exserted, margins ciliate, glabrous. |
2n | = 34. |
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Erythranthe linearifolia |
Erythranthe primuloides |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Sep. | Flowering Jun–Aug. |
Habitat | Wet banks, Darlingtonia seeps and bogs, seepages in serpentine talus. | Wet meadows, seeps, streamsides. |
Elevation | 600–2800 m. (2000–9200 ft.) | 600–3400 m. (2000–11200 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA
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AZ; CA; ID; MT; NM; NV; OR; UT; WA
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Discussion | 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.) |
Flowers in Erythranthe primuloides and E. linearifolia characteristically appear to be scapose, but the scapes are pedicels arising from axils of greatly foreshortened stems. Occasionally in both species the internodes may lengthen somewhat, and the leaves are not so densely clustered at the base of the stems. In northern Klamath, western Deschutes, and eastern Douglas counties, Oregon, an area within the range of typical populations, Erythranthe primuloides has distinctively large corollas (limbs 10–15 mm wide). Apparent clones of large-flowered and smaller-flowered plants sometimes grow in close proximity or even intermixed, appearing as two different entities. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 390. | FNA vol. 17, p. 389. |
Parent taxa | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe |
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Synonyms | Mimulus primuloides var. linearifolius, M. linearifolius, M. primuloides subsp. linearifolius | Mimulus primuloides, M. nevadensis, M. pilosellus, M. primuloides var. minimus, M. primuloides var. pilosellus |
Name authority | (A. L. Grant) G. L. Nesom & N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 35. (2012) | (Bentham) G. L. Nesom & N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 35. (2012) |
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