Erythranthe montioides |
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montia-like monkeyflower, mountain monkeyflower |
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Habit | Annuals, taprooted. |
Stems | erect, simple or branched from basal nodes, 2–15 cm, glabrous or minutely puberulent, internodes elongate, distinct. |
Leaves | 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 | herkogamous, 1–6, from medial to distal nodes. |
Styles | glabrous. |
Corollas | 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 | (4–)5–20 mm. |
Fruiting calyces | becoming straw colored, campanulate, 5–7 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, ciliate, glabrous or minutely puberulent, ribs weak, lobes pronounced, erect. |
Capsules | included, 5–6 mm. |
Anthers | included, glabrous. |
Erythranthe montioides |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug. |
Habitat | Sandy opening in mixed coniferous and lodgepole forests. |
Elevation | 1900–2900 m. (6200–9500 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA
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Discussion | 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. 385. |
Parent taxa | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe |
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Synonyms | Mimulus montioides |
Name authority | (A. Gray) N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 35. (2012) |
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