Erythranthe purpurea |
Erythranthe montioides |
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little purple monkeyflower, purple monkeyflower |
montia-like monkeyflower, mountain 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, 2–15 cm, glabrous or minutely puberulent, 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, (3–)4–25 × 0.5–2 mm, base attenuate, margins entire, apex acute, surfaces glabrous or minutely puberulent. |
Flowers | herkogamous, 1–22, from distal or medial to distal nodes. |
herkogamous, 1–6, from 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, abaxial limb red-spotted, bilaterally symmetric, strongly bilabiate; tube-throat cylindric to funnelform, 6–10 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin; limb expanded 5–12 mm, lateral lobes entire or shallowly notched, palate glabrous or sparsely bearded. |
Fruiting pedicels | ascending to often spreading horizontally, 13–57(–70) mm. |
(4–)5–20 mm. |
Fruiting calyces | becoming reddish, campanulate, 3–8 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, minutely puberulent, ribs thickened, lobes pronounced, erect, margins glabrous. |
becoming straw colored, campanulate, 5–7 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, ciliate, glabrous or minutely puberulent, ribs weak, lobes pronounced, erect. |
Capsules | included, 3–8 mm. |
included, 5–6 mm. |
Anthers | included, glabrous. |
included, glabrous. |
Erythranthe purpurea |
Erythranthe montioides |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jun. | Flowering Jun–Aug. |
Habitat | Moist openings along streams, swales, and depressions, pine duff in yellow pine forests, margins of dry meadows. | Sandy opening in mixed coniferous and lodgepole forests. |
Elevation | 1900–2800 m. (6200–9200 ft.) | 1900–2900 m. (6200–9500 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 montioides has been previously treated as a highly polymorphic species with a relatively broad geographic range but is now recognized as narrowly endemic to Fresno and north-central Tulare counties. The following species were segregated from E. montioides: E. barbata, E. calcicola, E. carsonensis, and E. discolor. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 388. | FNA vol. 17, p. 385. |
Parent taxa | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe |
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Synonyms | Mimulus purpureus, M. purpureus var. pauxillus | Mimulus montioides |
Name authority | (A. L. Grant) N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 35. (2012) | (A. Gray) N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 35. (2012) |
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