FNA: Erythranthe norrisii vs. Erythranthe montioides

	Erythranthe norrisii	Erythranthe montioides
	Kaweah monkeyflower, Norris' monkeyflower	montia-like monkeyflower, mountain monkeyflower
Habit	Annuals, fibrous-rooted or filiform-taprooted.	Annuals, taprooted.
Stems	ascending to erect-ascending, geniculate at nodes, usually branched from proximal nodes, 2–15(–25) cm, villous-glandular.	erect, simple or branched from basal nodes, 2–15 cm, glabrous or minutely puberulent, internodes elongate, distinct.
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 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, 1–5, from medial to distal nodes.	herkogamous, 1–6, from medial 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.	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	20–35(–50) mm, villous-glandular.	(4–)5–20 mm.
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.	becoming straw colored, campanulate, 5–7 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, ciliate, glabrous or minutely puberulent, ribs weak, lobes pronounced, erect.
Capsules	usually slightly exserted, 4–6 mm.	included, 5–6 mm.
Anthers	included, glabrous.	included, glabrous.
2n	= 32.

	Erythranthe norrisii	Erythranthe montioides
Phenology	Flowering Mar–May.	Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat	Steep marble outcrops in soil pockets, moss covered marble and quartzite ledges, cracks, fractures, weathered faces, chamise chaparral or blue oak woodlands.	Sandy opening in mixed coniferous and lodgepole forests.
Elevation	300–1300 m. (1000–4300 ft.)	1900–2900 m. (6200–9500 ft.)
Distribution	CA [WildflowerSearch map]	CA [WildflowerSearch map]
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 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. 405.	FNA vol. 17, p. 385.
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. 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. 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 montioides
Name authority	(Heckard & Shevock) G. L. Nesom: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 39. (2012)	(A. Gray) N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 35. (2012)
Web links	Local floras: CA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	Local floras: CA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Erythranthe montioides

Kaweah monkeyflower, Norris' monkeyflower

montia-like monkeyflower, mountain monkeyflower

Habit

Annuals, fibrous-rooted or filiform-taprooted.

Annuals, taprooted.

Stems

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

erect, simple or branched from basal nodes, 2–15 cm, glabrous or minutely puberulent, internodes elongate, distinct.

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 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, 1–5, from medial to distal nodes.

herkogamous, 1–6, from medial to distal nodes.

Styles

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.

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

20–35(–50) mm, villous-glandular.

(4–)5–20 mm.

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.

becoming straw colored, campanulate, 5–7 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, ciliate, glabrous or minutely puberulent, ribs weak, lobes pronounced, erect.

Capsules

usually slightly exserted, 4–6 mm.

included, 5–6 mm.

Anthers

included, glabrous.

= 32.

Erythranthe norrisii

Erythranthe montioides

Phenology

Flowering Mar–May.

Flowering Jun–Aug.

Habitat

Steep marble outcrops in soil pockets, moss covered marble and quartzite ledges, cracks, fractures, weathered faces, chamise chaparral or blue oak woodlands.

Sandy opening in mixed coniferous and lodgepole forests.

Elevation

300–1300 m. (1000–4300 ft.)

1900–2900 m. (6200–9500 ft.)

Distribution

[WildflowerSearch map]

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 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. 405.

FNA vol. 17, p. 385.

Parent taxa

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. 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. 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 montioides

Name authority

(Heckard & Shevock) G. L. Nesom: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 39. (2012)

(A. Gray) N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 35. (2012)

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