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bare monkeyflower

Nez Perce monkey-flower

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

erect or ascending, simple or few-branched from basal nodes, branches mostly reddish purple, (5–)9–30 cm, glabrous or minutely stipitate-glandular, hairs 0.05–0.1 mm, at least just above nodes.

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

cauline on wide internodes;

petiole 5–30 mm, distals 0 mm;

blade 1-veined or palmately 3–5-veined, proximals lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate to ovate, narrowly spatulate, or oblanceolate, distals usually linear, not perfoliate, 5–15(–30) × 1–5 mm, base attenuate, margins denticulate to proximally dentate-lobed, apex acute, surfaces glabrous or minutely stipitate-glandular, hairs 0.05–0.1 mm, at least just above nodes.

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, (2–)4–8, usually in proximal or medial to distal axils, chasmogamous.

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

Styles

glabrous.

glabrous.

Corollas

yellow, without a large red splotch, throat floor and tube red-spotted, bilaterally symmetric, bilabiate;

tube-throat cylindric-funnelform, 8–12 mm, exserted 2–4 mm beyond calyx margin;

limb expanded 8–12 mm.

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

erect in flower, spreading to divaricate, rarely recurved, in fruit, 10–35 mm, glabrous or minutely stipitate-glandular, hairs 0.05–0.1 mm, at least just above nodes.

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

Fruiting calyces

ovate-campanulate, inflated, sagittally compressed, 6–13 mm, glabrous or minutely stipitate-glandular, hairs 0.05–0.1 mm, at least just above nodes, throat closing, abaxial lobe upcurving over lateral ones, nearly closing orifice.

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

Capsules

included, 6–7 mm.

included, 5–6 mm.

Anthers

included, glabrous.

included, glabrous.

Erythranthe nudata

Erythranthe ampliata

Phenology Flowering Apr–Jun. Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat Open gravelly seeps on serpentine outcrops, serpentine crevices, springs, streamsides, gravelly creek beds, roadside drainages and swales. Basalt outcrops, seepy roadcuts, grassland seeps.
Elevation 200–700 m. (700–2300 ft.) 900–1700 m. (3000–5600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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from FNA
ID; MT
Discussion

Erythranthe nudata is distinct in its annual duration, few, inconspicuous, and narrow leaves, long and spreading-divaricate pedicels, and large corollas. The plants apparently are restricted to serpentine substrate and known only from Colusa, Glenn, Lake, Mendocino, Napa, and Sonoma counties.

(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. 417. 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. norrisii, 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 nudatus Mimulus ampliatus
Name authority (Curran ex Greene) G. L. Nesom: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 44. (2012) (A. L. Grant) G. L. Nesom: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 38. (2012)
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