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primrose monkeyflower, threadleaf primrose monkeyflower

Androsace monkeyflower, rock-jasmine monkeyflower

Habit Perennials, rhizomatous, densely cespitose, forming large patches and turfs 0.3–1 m diam. Annuals, taprooted.
Stems

erect to ascending, simple, 2–10 cm, sparsely hirsute and stipitate-glandular, internodes shortened.

erect, simple or branched from basal nodes, 0.5–10 cm, glabrous or minutely puberulent.

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.

cauline, basal not persistent;

petiole 0 mm;

blade 1-veined or palmately 3-veined (in broader ones), linear to lanceolate or ovate, 2–8 × 1–5 mm, base attenuate, sometimes clasping, margins entire, sometimes toothed, apex acute, surfaces glabrous or minutely puberulent.

Flowers

herkogamous, 1.

herkogamous, sometimes plesiogamous, 1–22, from distal or medial to distal nodes.

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.

pink to purple, palate sometimes with yellow or pink markings, without yellow palate ridges, bilaterally symmetric, weakly bilabiate;

tube-throat cylindric, 3–8 mm, exserted 2–3 mm beyond calyx margin;

limb expanded 3–7 mm, lobes entire, sometimes notched, adaxial limb glabrous, sometimes sparsely bearded.

Fruiting pedicels

(40–)65–85(–120) mm, glabrous or sparsely stipitate-glandular near base.

ascending to often spreading horizontally, 5–30 mm.

Fruiting calyces

winged- or plicate-angled, tubular-campanulate, weakly or not inflated, 9–10(–12) mm, glabrous.

sometimes red-dotted, campanulate, 3–7 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, glabrous or minutely puberulent, ribs thickened, lobes pronounced, erect, margins glabrous.

Capsules

included, 6–7 mm.

included, 3–5 mm.

Anthers

included or slightly exserted, margins ciliate, glabrous.

included, glabrous.

Erythranthe linearifolia

Erythranthe androsacea

Phenology Flowering Jul–Sep. Flowering Feb–May.
Habitat Wet banks, Darlingtonia seeps and bogs, seepages in serpentine talus. Moist open areas on gentle slopes.
Elevation 600–2800 m. (2000–9200 ft.) 100–3600 m. (300–11800 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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from FNA
CA
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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.)

Erythranthe androsacea occurs primarily in the southern half of California but is scattered as far north as Lake and Modoc counties.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 17, p. 390. FNA vol. 17, p. 388.
Parent taxa Phrymaceae > Erythranthe Phrymaceae > Erythranthe
Sibling taxa
E. acutidens, E. alsinoides, E. ampliata, E. androsacea, E. arenaria, E. arenicola, E. arvensis, E. barbata, E. bicolor, E. brachystylis, E. breviflora, E. breweri, E. caespitosa, E. calcicola, E. calciphila, E. cardinalis, E. carsonensis, E. charlestonensis, E. chinatiensis, E. cinnabarina, E. corallina, E. cordata, E. decora, E. dentata, E. diffusa, E. discolor, E. eastwoodiae, E. erubescens, E. exigua, E. filicaulis, E. filicifolia, E. floribunda, E. gemmipara, E. geniculata, E. geyeri, E. glaucescens, E. gracilipes, E. grandis, E. grayi, E. guttata, E. hallii, E. hardhamiae, E. hymenophylla, E. inamoena, E. inconspicua, E. inflatula, E. jungermannioides, E. laciniata, E. latidens, E. lewisii, E. marmorata, E. michiganensis, E. microphylla, E. minor, E. montioides, E. moschata, E. nasuta, E. norrisii, E. nudata, E. palmeri, E. pardalis, E. parishii, E. parvula, E. patula, E. percaulis, E. primuloides, E. ptilota, E. pulsiferae, E. purpurea, E. regni, E. rhodopetra, E. rubella, E. scouleri, E. shevockii, E. sierrae, E. suksdorfii, E. taylorii, E. thermalis, E. tilingii, E. trinitiensis, E. unimaculata, E. utahensis, E. verbenacea, E. washingtonensis, E. willisii
E. acutidens, E. alsinoides, E. ampliata, E. arenaria, E. arenicola, E. arvensis, E. barbata, E. bicolor, E. brachystylis, E. breviflora, E. breweri, E. caespitosa, E. calcicola, E. calciphila, E. cardinalis, E. carsonensis, E. charlestonensis, E. chinatiensis, E. cinnabarina, E. corallina, E. cordata, E. decora, E. dentata, E. diffusa, E. discolor, E. eastwoodiae, E. erubescens, E. exigua, E. filicaulis, E. filicifolia, E. floribunda, E. gemmipara, E. geniculata, E. geyeri, E. glaucescens, E. gracilipes, E. grandis, E. grayi, E. guttata, E. hallii, E. hardhamiae, E. hymenophylla, E. inamoena, E. inconspicua, E. inflatula, E. jungermannioides, E. laciniata, E. latidens, E. lewisii, E. linearifolia, E. marmorata, E. michiganensis, E. microphylla, E. minor, E. montioides, E. moschata, E. nasuta, E. norrisii, E. nudata, E. palmeri, E. pardalis, E. parishii, E. parvula, E. patula, E. percaulis, E. primuloides, E. ptilota, E. pulsiferae, E. purpurea, E. regni, E. rhodopetra, E. rubella, E. scouleri, E. shevockii, E. sierrae, E. suksdorfii, E. taylorii, E. thermalis, E. tilingii, E. trinitiensis, E. unimaculata, E. utahensis, E. verbenacea, E. washingtonensis, E. willisii
Synonyms Mimulus primuloides var. linearifolius, M. linearifolius, M. primuloides subsp. linearifolius Mimulus androsaceus, M. palmeri var. androsaceus
Name authority (A. L. Grant) G. L. Nesom & N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 35. (2012) (Curran ex Greene) N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 35. (2012)
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