Erythranthe palmeri |
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Palmer's monkeyflower |
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Habit | Annuals, taprooted. |
Stems | erect, simple or branched from basal nodes, 4–17 cm, minutely puberulent. |
Leaves | cauline, basal not persistent; petiole 0 mm; blade pinnately veined, palmately 3-veined (in broader ones), linear to oblanceolate, (3–)4–17 × 1–4 mm, base attenuate, margins entire, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces minutely puberulent. |
Flowers | herkogamous, 1–36, from distal or medial to distal nodes. |
Styles | glabrous. |
Corollas | pink to purple, abaxial limb with 2 yellow ridges, bilaterally symmetric, strongly bilabiate; tube-throat funnelform, 6–15 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin; limb expanded 8–15 mm, lobes deeply notched, abaxial limb sparsely bearded. |
Fruiting pedicels | spreading horizontally, 5–33 mm. |
Fruiting calyces | sometimes red-spotted on ribs, becoming straw colored, cylindric, 4–8 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, glabrous, ribs weak, lobes pronounced, erect, margins ciliate. |
Capsules | included, 4–8 mm. |
Anthers | included, glabrous. |
Erythranthe palmeri |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jun. |
Habitat | Moist areas in openings in pine forest and desert chaparral transitions. |
Elevation | 900–2200 m. (3000–7200 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA
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Discussion | Erythranthe palmeri has been confused with other closely related species, including E. diffusa, E. discolor (pink form), E. rhodopetra, and E. sierrae. It was previously thought to be a widely distributed species because of this taxonomic confusion but now is regarded as endemic to the Transverse Range in the San Bernardino and San Gabriel mountains. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 387. |
Parent taxa | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe |
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Synonyms | Mimulus palmeri |
Name authority | (A. Gray) N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 35. (2012) |
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