FNA: Erythranthe pulsiferae vs. Erythranthe acutidens

	Erythranthe pulsiferae	Erythranthe acutidens
	candelabrum monkey-flower, Pulsifer's monkey-flower	Kings River monkeyflower
Habit	Annuals, shallowly fibrous-rooted.	Annuals, 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.	erect to ascending-erect, simple or diffusely branched, 4-angled, 7–20 cm, glabrous.
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.	basal and cauline; petiole 0 mm; blade palmately 3–5 veined, ovate to broadly ovate, 10–20 × 7–11 mm, base rounded to truncate, margins serrate-denticulate, apex acute, surfaces glabrous.
Flowers	herkogamous, 1–9, from medial to distal nodes.	herkogamous, 2–20, from proximal to distal nodes.
Styles	glabrous.	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.	pale pink to rose purple, throat yellow or deep pink externally with 2 yellow spots below abaxial limb, bilaterally symmetric, weakly bilabiate; tube-throat cylindric-funnelform, 9–12 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin; limb expanded 9–12 mm.
Fruiting pedicels	divergent-arcuate, 12–38 mm, minutely stipitate-glandular, hairs 0.1–0.3 mm, gland-tipped.	divergent-arcuate, sometimes becoming deflexed, 10–23 mm, longer than subtending leaves, glabrous.
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.	campanulate, 7–9 mm, margins subtruncate, glabrous, lobes reduced, subequal.
Capsules	included, 5–8 mm.	included, (4–)5–10 mm.
Anthers	included, glabrous.	included, minutely villous-hirsute.
2n	= 32.

	Erythranthe pulsiferae	Erythranthe acutidens
Phenology	Flowering Apr–Jul.	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.	Grassy slopes, sandy terraces, marshy places, lakeshores, creek sides, seep edges, shaded canyon slopes, roadcuts and roadsides, woodlands of Pseudotsuga menziesii-Quercus chrysolepis, oak-gray pine, or interior live oak.
Elevation	50–1300(–2500) m. (200–4300(–8200) ft.)	200–2000 m. (700–6600 ft.)
Distribution	CA; OR; WA [WildflowerSearch map]	CA [WildflowerSearch map]
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.)	Mimulus acutidens Greene is heterotypic with the South American M. acutidens Reiche, which is a later homonym. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source	FNA vol. 17, p. 398.	FNA vol. 17, p. 383.
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. nudata, E. palmeri, E. pardalis, E. parishii, E. parvula, E. patula, E. percaulis, E. primuloides, E. ptilota, 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. 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. trinitiensis, E. unimaculata, E. utahensis, E. verbenacea, E. washingtonensis, E. willisii
Synonyms	Mimulus pulsiferae	Mimulus acutidens, M. inconspicuus var. acutidens
Name authority	(A. Gray) G. L. Nesom: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 39. (2012)	(Greene) G. L. Nesom: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 34. (2012)
Web links	Local floras: CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria 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 acutidens

candelabrum monkey-flower, Pulsifer's monkey-flower

Kings River monkeyflower

Habit

Annuals, shallowly fibrous-rooted.

Annuals, 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.

erect to ascending-erect, simple or diffusely branched, 4-angled, 7–20 cm, glabrous.

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.

basal and cauline;

petiole 0 mm;

blade palmately 3–5 veined, ovate to broadly ovate, 10–20 × 7–11 mm, base rounded to truncate, margins serrate-denticulate, apex acute, surfaces glabrous.

Flowers

herkogamous, 1–9, from medial to distal nodes.

herkogamous, 2–20, from proximal 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.

pale pink to rose purple, throat yellow or deep pink externally with 2 yellow spots below abaxial limb, bilaterally symmetric, weakly bilabiate;

tube-throat cylindric-funnelform, 9–12 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin;

limb expanded 9–12 mm.

Fruiting pedicels

divergent-arcuate, 12–38 mm, minutely stipitate-glandular, hairs 0.1–0.3 mm, gland-tipped.

divergent-arcuate, sometimes becoming deflexed, 10–23 mm, longer than subtending leaves, glabrous.

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.

campanulate, 7–9 mm, margins subtruncate, glabrous, lobes reduced, subequal.

Capsules

included, 5–8 mm.

included, (4–)5–10 mm.

Anthers

included, glabrous.

included, minutely villous-hirsute.

= 32.

Erythranthe pulsiferae

Erythranthe acutidens

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.

Grassy slopes, sandy terraces, marshy places, lakeshores, creek sides, seep edges, shaded canyon slopes, roadcuts and roadsides, woodlands of Pseudotsuga menziesii-Quercus chrysolepis, oak-gray pine, or interior live oak.

Elevation

50–1300(–2500) m. (200–4300(–8200) ft.)

200–2000 m. (700–6600 ft.)

Distribution

CA; OR; WA

[WildflowerSearch map]

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.)

Mimulus acutidens Greene is heterotypic with the South American M. acutidens Reiche, which is a later homonym.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source

FNA vol. 17, p. 398.

FNA vol. 17, p. 383.

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. norrisii, E. nudata, E. palmeri, E. pardalis, E. parishii, E. parvula, E. patula, E. percaulis, E. primuloides, E. ptilota, 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. 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. trinitiensis, E. unimaculata, E. utahensis, E. verbenacea, E. washingtonensis, E. willisii

Synonyms

Mimulus pulsiferae

Mimulus acutidens, M. inconspicuus var. acutidens

Name authority

(A. Gray) G. L. Nesom: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 39. (2012)

(Greene) G. L. Nesom: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 34. (2012)

Web links

Local floras: CA, OR, WA
Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria
WildflowerSearch
iNaturalist (observations)
LBJ Wildflower Center
SEINet
Plants of the World Online
Encyclopedia of Life
Wikipedia
Google Image Search

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