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Kaweah monkeyflower, Norris' monkeyflower

Nez Perce monkey-flower

Habit Annuals, fibrous-rooted or filiform-taprooted. Annuals, fibrous-rooted or filiform-taprooted.
Stems

ascending to erect-ascending, geniculate at nodes, usually branched from proximal nodes, 2–15(–25) cm, villous-glandular.

erect to ascending, straight or geniculate at nodes, usually many-branched, 4-angled, 5–17 cm, sparsely sessile- to subsessile-glandular, hairs 0.05–0.2 mm, gland-tipped.

Leaves

basal and cauline;

petiole 5–10(–15) mm;

blade palmately 3–5-veined, sometimes with 1–3 distal vein pairs diverging pinnately, elliptic to elliptic-obovate, 20–35 × 10–20 mm, base usually attenuate, margins subentire to distally denticulate, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces villous-glandular.

cauline, basal not persistent;

petiole 8–20 mm;

blade palmately veined, broadly ovate to lanceolate, 8–25 × 5–19 mm, base cuneate, margins dentate to coarsely denticulate, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces sparsely sessile- to subsessile-glandular, hairs 0.05–0.2 mm, gland-tipped.

Flowers

herkogamous, 1–5, from medial to distal nodes.

herkogamous, 1–10, from proximal to distal nodes.

Styles

glabrous.

glabrous.

Corollas

yellow, base of each lobe with a prominent maroon splotch, abaxial limb with white patch at 2 sinus bases, weakly bilaterally or radially symmetric, weakly bilabiate or regular;

tube-throat cylindric-funnelform, 12–16 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin;

limb expanded 15–30 mm, lobes oblong-obovate to orbicular-obovate, apex rounded-truncate.

deep yellow, sometimes with small white patches, abaxial limb with a few brownish dots, bilaterally symmetric, strongly bilabiate;

tube-throat broadly funnelform, 8–12(–14) mm, exserted beyond calyx margin;

lobes obovate-oblong, apex rounded to truncate.

Fruiting pedicels

20–35(–50) mm, villous-glandular.

10–22 mm, sparsely sessile- to subsessile-glandular, hairs 0.05–0.2 mm, gland-tipped.

Fruiting calyces

red-dotted, campanulate, weakly inflated, 4–6 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, villous-glandular, ribs rounded-thickened, lobes pronounced, erect, often incurved, linear-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, apex rounded to blunt.

tubular-campanulate, not or weakly inflated, 6–8 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, minutely, sparsely stipitate-glandular or glabrous, lobes pronounced, erect.

Capsules

usually slightly exserted, 4–6 mm.

included, 5–6 mm.

Anthers

included, glabrous.

included, glabrous.

2n

= 32.

Erythranthe norrisii

Erythranthe ampliata

Phenology Flowering Mar–May. Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat Steep marble outcrops in soil pockets, moss covered marble and quartzite ledges, cracks, fractures, weathered faces, chamise chaparral or blue oak woodlands. Basalt outcrops, seepy roadcuts, grassland seeps.
Elevation 300–1300 m. (1000–4300 ft.) 900–1700 m. (3000–5600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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from FNA
ID; MT
Discussion

Erythranthe norrisii is known only from the Kaweah River drainage; most populations are in Sequoia National Park in Tulare County. The species is characterized by its short-petiolate leaves with attenuate bases, very large corollas with red splotches at the base of each lobe and two white patches on the abaxial limb, and very short, purple-dotted calyces with rounded-thickened ribs and linear-oblong lobes incurved in fruit. The capsules often are slightly exserted.

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

Erythranthe ampliata is known from Clearwater, Lewis, and Nez Perce counties in Idaho and six western counties in Montana.

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

Source FNA vol. 17, p. 405. FNA vol. 17, p. 398.
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. moschata, E. nasuta, 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. 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. suksdorfii, E. taylorii, E. thermalis, E. tilingii, E. trinitiensis, E. unimaculata, E. utahensis, E. verbenacea, E. washingtonensis, E. willisii
Synonyms Mimulus norrisii Mimulus ampliatus
Name authority (Heckard & Shevock) G. L. Nesom: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 39. (2012) (A. L. Grant) G. L. Nesom: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 38. (2012)
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