Erythranthe purpurea |
Erythranthe rubella |
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little purple monkeyflower, purple monkeyflower |
little redstem monkeyflower, red stem himulus, redstem monkeyflower, redstem or little redstem 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, sometimes branched from basal nodes, 3–32 cm, minutely puberulent. |
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 elliptic, 5–22(–30) × 1–5 mm, base narrowed, margins entire, sometimes toothed, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces minutely puberulent. |
Flowers | herkogamous, 1–22, from distal or medial to distal nodes. |
herkogamous, sometimes plesiogamous, 1–106, 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 and abaxial limb and throat red dotted or pink to purple and throat yellow, bilaterally symmetric, weakly bilabiate; tube-throat cylindric, 4–10 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin; limb expanded 3–5 mm, lobes entire or weakly notched, abaxial limb glabrous. |
Fruiting pedicels | ascending to often spreading horizontally, 13–57(–70) mm. |
2–18 mm. |
Fruiting calyces | becoming reddish, campanulate, 3–8 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, minutely puberulent, ribs thickened, lobes pronounced, erect, margins glabrous. |
becoming red-angled or red, campanulate to nearly cylindric, 4–9 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, glabrous or minutely puberulent, ribs thickened, lobes pronounced, erect, margins ciliate. |
Capsules | included, 3–8 mm. |
included, 3–8 mm. |
Anthers | included, glabrous. |
included, glabrous. |
Erythranthe purpurea |
Erythranthe rubella |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jun. | Flowering Apr–Jun. |
Habitat | Moist openings along streams, swales, and depressions, pine duff in yellow pine forests, margins of dry meadows. | Open slopes and washes. |
Elevation | 1900–2800 m. (6200–9200 ft.) | 300–3000 m. (1000–9800 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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AZ; CA; CO; NM; NV; TX; UT; WY; Mexico (Baja California, Sonora)
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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.) |
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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, M. gratioloides |
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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