Erythranthe pulsiferae |
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candelabrum monkey-flower, Pulsifer's monkey-flower |
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Habit | Annuals, shallowly fibrous-rooted. |
Stems | erect, straight at nodes, simple or few-branched at base, 5–12(–18) cm, minutely stipitate-glandular, hairs 0.1–0.3 mm, gland-tipped. |
Leaves | basal and cauline; petiole 2–9 mm, distinctly 3-veined, 2-winged; blade palmately 3-veined, elliptic-oblong to ovate or oblanceolate, 3–14(–23) × 2–9(–15) mm, base cuneate to attenuate, margins denticulate to entire, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces minutely stipitate-glandular, hairs 0.1–0.3 mm, gland-tipped. |
Flowers | herkogamous, 1–9, from medial to distal nodes. |
Styles | glabrous. |
Corollas | yellowish, tube-throat, palate ridges, and limb yellow to pale yellow, abaxial limb red-dotted or not, bilaterally symmetric, weakly bilabiate; tube-throat funnelform, 6–9 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin; lobes broadly obovate-suborbicular, apex rounded. |
Fruiting pedicels | divergent-arcuate, 12–38 mm, minutely stipitate-glandular, hairs 0.1–0.3 mm, gland-tipped. |
Fruiting calyces | cylindric, ± inflated, 7–10 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, minutely stipitate-glandular, hairs 0.1–0.3 mm, gland-tipped, lobes pronounced, erect. |
Capsules | included, 5–8 mm. |
Anthers | included, glabrous. |
2n | = 32. |
Erythranthe pulsiferae |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jul. |
Habitat | Damp depressions, moist gravel, rocky flats, granite outcrops, wet meadows, lava beds, vernal pools, forest openings, commonly in or near coniferous forests, chaparral-live oak woodlands. |
Elevation | 50–1300(–2500) m. (200–4300(–8200) ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; OR; WA
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Discussion | Erythranthe pulsiferae is characterized by minutely stipitate-glandular vestiture (lacking villous hairs), elongate internodes, persistent basal leaves, small, palmately veined, cauline leaves with short, three-veined petioles and elliptic-oblong to ovate or oblanceolate blades, divergent-arcuate pedicels, and small, all yellow, weakly bilabiate corollas. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 398. |
Parent taxa | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe |
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Synonyms | Mimulus pulsiferae |
Name authority | (A. Gray) G. L. Nesom: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 39. (2012) |
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