Erythranthe purpurea |
Erythranthe carsonensis |
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little purple monkeyflower, purple monkeyflower |
Carson Valley monkeyflower |
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Habit | Annuals, taprooted. | Annuals, taprooted, densely compact. |
Stems | erect, simple or branched from basal nodes, 3–10 cm, minutely puberulent. |
erect, simple or branched from basal nodes, 2–7(–8) cm, minutely glandular, internodes shortened, not evident. |
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 palmately 3-veined (in broader ones), linear to spatulate, (3–)5–23 × 1–5 mm, base truncate to truncate-cordate, clasping, margins entire, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces minutely glandular. |
Flowers | herkogamous, 1–22, from distal or medial to distal nodes. |
herkogamous, 1–35, 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. |
yellow, palate red-dotted and 1 large central spot, bilaterally symmetric, strongly bilabiate; tube-throat cylindric, distinct from abruptly expanding throat, (5–)7–11 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin; limb expanded 7–12(–15) mm, each lobe 2-fid, palate densely bearded. |
Fruiting pedicels | ascending to often spreading horizontally, 13–57(–70) mm. |
(3–)5–14 mm. |
Fruiting calyces | becoming reddish, campanulate, 3–8 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, minutely puberulent, ribs thickened, lobes pronounced, erect, margins glabrous. |
campanulate to widely urceolate, 4–7 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, minutely glandular, ribs thickened, lobes pronounced, erect. |
Capsules | included, 3–8 mm. |
included, 3–6 mm. |
Anthers | included, glabrous. |
included, glabrous. |
Erythranthe purpurea |
Erythranthe carsonensis |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jun. | Flowering Mar–Jun. |
Habitat | Moist openings along streams, swales, and depressions, pine duff in yellow pine forests, margins of dry meadows. | Openings in sage brush/bitterbrush scrub in sand of decomposed granite. |
Elevation | 1900–2800 m. (6200–9200 ft.) | 1400–1800 m. (4600–5900 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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CA; NV |
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 carsonensis is restricted to the Carson Valley, Eagle Valley, and Washoe Valley region of Nevada and adjacent California, with one known disjunct occurrence about 58 km to the north in Nevada. The species was previously included in the broader concept of E. montioides but can be distinguished by its much branched and compact habit, linear to spatulate leaves with clasping bases, calyx with glabrous margins, and larger corolla with one large red spot in the center. Erythranthe carsonensis has been impacted by agriculture, urbanization, and other anthropogenic changes. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 388. | FNA vol. 17, p. 384. |
Parent taxa | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe |
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Synonyms | Mimulus purpureus, M. purpureus var. pauxillus | Mimulus rubellus var. latiflorus |
Name authority | (A. L. Grant) N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 35. (2012) | N. S. Fraga: Aliso 30: 59, figs. 17–21. (2012) |
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