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mimule musqué, musk monkeyflower, musk-flower, musk-plant, sticky monkey-flower

miniature monkey-flower, sukdorf's monkeyflower, Suksdorf's monkey-flower

Habit Perennials, rhizomatous, rooting at proximal nodes. Annuals, taprooted, densely compact.
Stems

erect, sometimes ascending to decumbent, simple or branched, (2–)5–20 cm, nodes 2–4(or 5), glabrate to glandular-villous, hairs 0.5–2 mm, gland-tipped, internodes evident.

erect, simple or many-branched from basal nodes, 0.5–10(–13) cm, minutely puberulent, internodes shortened, not evident.

Leaves

usually cauline, basal not persistent, distinctly separated;

petiole 0 mm or (0.5–)1–5(–10) mm;

blade pinnately veined, oblong-ovate to ovate, (10–)15–40(–50) × 5–25 mm, base obtuse-cuneate to truncate, rounded or subcordate, subclasping to sessile, margins coarsely serrate-dentate to denticulate or subentire, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces glabrate 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, 1–8, from medial to distal nodes.

herkogamous or plesiogamous, 1–72, from distal or medial to distal nodes.

Styles

glabrous.

glabrous.

Corollas

yellow, throat with fine red to blackish or brown lines extending onto lobes, red to brown dots in throat and lobes present or absent, bilaterally or nearly radially symmetric, bilabiate or nearly regular;

tube-throat narrowly funnelform, 11–18 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin;

lobes oblong-obovate, apex rounded to notched.

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

(7–)10–25 mm, glabrate to glandular-villous.

2–10 mm.

Fruiting calyces

ridge- to wing-angled, campanulate to cylindric-campanulate, weakly or not inflated, 6–13 mm, villous to glandular-villous, lobes erect to spreading-recurving, strongly unequal to subequal, triangular to linear-lanceolate or narrowly triangular-acuminate, 2–4 mm, apex acute to obtuse.

cylindric to urn-shaped, 3–6 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, glabrous or minutely puberulent, ribs thickened, lobes pronounced, erect.

Capsules

included, 6–8 mm.

included, 3–6 mm.

Anthers

included, glabrous or slightly hirtellous to scabrous.

included, glabrous.

2n

= 32.

Erythranthe moschata

Erythranthe suksdorfii

Phenology Flowering May–Aug. Flowering Apr–Aug.
Habitat Springs and seeps, creek edges, moist meadows, ditches, along trails, roadsides, rocky ridges, granite outcrops, shaded and wet places in sagebrush, aspen, fir, spruce-fir, lodgepole pine forests, meadows. Moist, generally loamy to clay soils in open areas.
Elevation (300–)400–3100 m. ((1000–)1300–10200 ft.) 700–4200 m. (2300–13800 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; CO; CT; ID; MA; ME; MI; MT; NH; NJ; NV; NY; OR; PA; RI; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; BC; NB; NF; NS; ON; PE; QC; SPM [Introduced in South America (Chile), Europe, e Asia (Japan), Pacific Islands (New Zealand), Australia]
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from FNA
AZ; CA; ID; MT; NM; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; BC
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Discussion

Earlier segregation of Erythranthe moniliformis as distinct from E. moschata (for example, G. L. Nesom 2012g) emphasized a primarily erect habit and tendency toward sessile to subsessile and more densely arranged cauline leaves in E. moniliformis versus a decumbent to procumbent habit and consistently petiolate leaves on longer internodes in E. moschata. Discontinuities in morphology, geography, and ecology were not confirmed in later study by Nesom (2017). Rhizomes with small, tuberlike swellings can be observed over the whole moschata/moniliformis range, and there apparently are no consistent distinctions in vestiture and corolla size.

Mimulus acutidens Reiche (1911), a later homonym of M. acutidens Greene, pertains here.

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

Source FNA vol. 17, p. 401. FNA vol. 17, p. 384.
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. linearifolia, E. marmorata, E. michiganensis, E. microphylla, E. minor, E. montioides, 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. 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. 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. taylorii, E. thermalis, E. tilingii, E. trinitiensis, E. unimaculata, E. utahensis, E. verbenacea, E. washingtonensis, E. willisii
Synonyms Mimulus moschatus, E. inodora, E. moniliformis, M. crinitus, M. guttatus var. moschatus, M. inodorus, M. leibergii, M. macranthus, M. moniliformis, M. moschatus var. longiflorus, M. moschatus var. moniliformis, M. moschatus var. pallidiflorus Mimulus suksdorfii
Name authority (Douglas ex Lindley) G. L. Nesom: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 38. (2012) (A. Gray) N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 35. (2012)
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