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Erythranthe norrisii

Erythranthe trinitiensis

Kaweah monkeyflower, Norris' monkeyflower

pink-margined monkeyflower, Trinity Mountains or pink-margined monkeyflower
Habit Annuals, fibrous-rooted or filiform-taprooted. Annuals, shallowly fibrous-rooted.
Stems

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

erect, straight at nodes, simple or branched at base, 5–15 cm, puberulent, hairs gland-tipped, glands often dark.
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.

mostly cauline, largest at mid stem;

petiole 4–8 mm, 1-veined, not winged;

blade palmately 3-veined, ovate to elliptic-ovate, 6–17 × 4–9 mm, base attenuate, margins entire or dentate-serrate, teeth 1–2 per side, shallow, apex acute, surfaces puberulent, hairs gland-tipped, glands often dark, adaxial sometimes sparsely villous-glandular.
Flowers

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

herkogamous, 1–12, 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.

yellow and light pink to white, tube-throat yellow (inner and outer surfaces), lobes (limb) pink or white with pink distal borders, palate ridges yellow, throat floor and ridges weakly red-spotted, bilaterally symmetric, weakly bilabiate;

tube-throat funnelform, 7–10 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin.
Fruiting pedicels

20–35(–50) mm, villous-glandular.

divergent-arcuate, 9–17 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.

oblong-ovoid, distinctly inflated, 8–10 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, puberulent, hairs gland-tipped, glands often dark, lobes pronounced, erect.
Capsules

usually slightly exserted, 4–6 mm.

included, 6–8 mm.
Anthers

included, glabrous.

included, glabrous.
2n

= 32.

Erythranthe norrisii

Erythranthe trinitiensis
Phenology Flowering Mar–May. Flowering Jun–Jul(–Aug).
Habitat Steep marble outcrops in soil pockets, moss covered marble and quartzite ledges, cracks, fractures, weathered faces, chamise chaparral or blue oak woodlands. Seeps over serpentine, wet meadows, roadsides.
Elevation 300–1300 m. (1000–4300 ft.) 1300–2000 m. (4300–6600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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from FNA
CA
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 trinitiensis is similar to E. pulsiferae in its narrow leaves, glandular-puberulent vestiture, and weakly bilabiate corollas; it differs in its early-shed basal leaves, cauline leaves with one-veined petioles, and yellow corolla tubes and throats with pink lobes or lobe margins. The species is known only in Humboldt, Siskiyou, and Trinity counties.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 17, p. 405. FNA vol. 17, p. 399.
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. 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. unimaculata, E. utahensis, E. verbenacea, E. washingtonensis, E. willisii
Synonyms Mimulus norrisii
Name authority (Heckard & Shevock) G. L. Nesom: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 39. (2012) G. L. Nesom: Phytoneuron 2013-43: 1, figs. 1–3. (2013)
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