Erythranthe purpurea |
Erythranthe barbata |
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little purple monkeyflower, purple monkeyflower |
bearded monkeyflower |
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Habit | Annuals, taprooted. | Annuals, taprooted. |
Stems | erect, simple or branched from basal nodes, 3–10 cm, minutely puberulent. |
erect, simple or branched from basal nodes, 2–14.5 cm, sparsely glandular-pubescent, internodes elongate, distinct. |
Leaves | cauline, basal not persistent; petiole 0 mm; blade palmately 3–5-veined, elliptic to lanceolate, 4–15 × 1–5 mm, base truncate to truncate-cordate, clasping, margins entire, sometimes toothed, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces minutely puberulent. |
cauline, basal not persistent; petiole 0 mm; blade 1-veined or palmately 3-veined (in broader ones), linear to lanceolate, 5–15 × 0.5–2 mm, base attenuate, margins entire, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces sparsely glandular-pubescent. |
Flowers | herkogamous, 1–22, from distal or medial to distal nodes. |
herkogamous, 1–30, from distal or medial to distal nodes. |
Styles | glabrous. |
glabrous. |
Corollas | pink to purple, adaxial limb darker than abaxial, abaxial limb with yellow markings, bilaterally symmetric, strongly bilabiate; tube-throat cylindric to funnelform, 7–13 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin; limb expanded 7–10 mm, bilabiate, 3 abaxial lobes notched, 2 adaxial nearly entire, abaxial limb sparsely bearded. |
bicolored (abaxial limb yellow with red spots, adaxial maroon-purple) or yellow, bilaterally symmetric, strongly bilabiate; tube-throat cylindric, (5–)8–15 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin; limb expanded 6–15 mm, lateral lobes 2-fid, palate bearded. |
Fruiting pedicels | ascending to often spreading horizontally, 13–57(–70) mm. |
ascending to often spreading horizontally, (5–)9–25 mm. |
Fruiting calyces | becoming reddish, campanulate, 3–8 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, minutely puberulent, ribs thickened, lobes pronounced, erect, margins glabrous. |
sometimes red-dotted on ribs, campanulate, 3–6 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, glabrous, sparsely glandular-pubescent, ribs weak, lobes pronounced, erect, margins glabrous. |
Capsules | included, 3–8 mm. |
included or equal to calyx, 3–5 mm. |
Anthers | included, glabrous. |
included, glabrous. |
Erythranthe purpurea |
Erythranthe barbata |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jun. | Flowering May–Aug. |
Habitat | Moist openings along streams, swales, and depressions, pine duff in yellow pine forests, margins of dry meadows. | Open areas in pine forests, edges of meadows and ephemeral streams. |
Elevation | 1900–2800 m. (6200–9200 ft.) | 1800–3400 m. (5900–11200 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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CA
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Discussion | Erythranthe purpurea is restricted to the San Bernardino Mountains in San Bernardino County and is disjunct in the Sierra San Pedro Mártir in Baja California, Mexico. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Erythranthe barbata previously has been placed in synonymy with E. montioides but differs from it in having each corolla lobe deeply notched and a consistently bearded palate. In E. montioides, each corolla lobe is entire or shallowly notched, and the palate is glabrous or sparsely bearded. Erythranthe barbata is most abundant in Tulare County but also occurs in immediately adjacent Inyo and Kern counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 388. | FNA vol. 17, p. 386. |
Parent taxa | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe |
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Synonyms | Mimulus purpureus, M. purpureus var. pauxillus | Mimulus barbatus, M. deflexus |
Name authority | (A. L. Grant) N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 35. (2012) | (Greene) N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 35. (2012) |
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