FNA: Erythranthe rubella vs. Erythranthe parishii

	Erythranthe rubella	Erythranthe parishii
	little redstem monkeyflower, red stem himulus, redstem monkeyflower, redstem or little redstem monkeyflower	Parish mimulus, Parish's monkeyflower
Habit	Annuals, taprooted.	Annuals, taprooted or fibrous-rooted.
Stems	erect, simple, sometimes branched from basal nodes, 3–32 cm, minutely puberulent.	erect, usually simple, (3–)10–85 cm, villous-glandular to stipitate-glandular.
Leaves	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.	cauline; petiole 0 mm; blade palmately 3-veined, oblanceolate to narrowly ovate or oblong, (8–)15–75 × 3–17 mm, base slightly narrowed, subclasping to clasping, margins distally denticulate to irregularly dentate, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces villous-glandular to stipitate-glandular.
Flowers	herkogamous, sometimes plesiogamous, 1–106, from distal or medial to distal nodes.	herkogamous, 4–12, from medial to distal nodes.
Styles	glabrous.	glabrous.
Corollas	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.	white to light lavender, pinkish, or rosy, palate ridges yellow-striped, palate and abaxial limb with or without small, reddish spots, bilaterally symmetric, weakly bilabiate; tube-throat cylindric, 8–10 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin; lobe apex truncate to rounded, slightly erose, throat open.
Fruiting pedicels	2–18 mm.	15–20 mm.
Fruiting calyces	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.	slightly ridge-angled, cylindric-campanulate, not inflated, 8–13 mm, villous-glandular to stipitate-glandular.
Capsules	included, 3–8 mm.	included, 6–10 mm.
Anthers	included, glabrous.	included, glabrous.

	Erythranthe rubella	Erythranthe parishii
Phenology	Flowering Apr–Jun.	Flowering May–Aug.
Habitat	Open slopes and washes.	Wet, sandy streamsides, rocky riverbeds, canyon drainages.
Elevation	300–3000 m. [1000–9800 ft.]	400–2300 m. [1300–7500 ft.]
Distribution	AZ; CA; CO; NM; NV; TX; UT; WY; Mexico (Baja California, Sonora) [WildflowerSearch map]	CA; NV; Mexico (Baja California) [WildflowerSearch map]
Discussion		Erythranthe parishii occurs in the southern Sierra Nevada (Kern and Tulare counties), mountain ranges of southern California (five counties), desert mountains (Inyo County), and in Clark and southern Nye counties, Nevada. It is the only annual species of sect. Erythranthe. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source	FNA vol. 17, p. 384. Treatment authors: Guy L. Nesom, Naomi S. Fraga.	FNA vol. 17, p. 392. Treatment authors: Guy L. Nesom, Naomi S. Fraga.
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. pulsiferae, E. purpurea, E. regni, E. rhodopetra, 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. veronicifolia	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. 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, E. veronicifolia
Synonyms	Mimulus rubellus, M. gratioloides	Mimulus parishii
Name authority	(A. Gray) N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 35. (2012)	(Greene) G. L. Nesom & N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 37. (2012)
Web links	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	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 parishii

little redstem monkeyflower, red stem himulus, redstem monkeyflower, redstem or little redstem monkeyflower

Parish mimulus, Parish's monkeyflower

Habit

Annuals, taprooted.

Annuals, taprooted or fibrous-rooted.

Stems

erect, simple, sometimes branched from basal nodes, 3–32 cm, minutely puberulent.

erect, usually simple, (3–)10–85 cm, villous-glandular to stipitate-glandular.

Leaves

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.

cauline;

petiole 0 mm;

blade palmately 3-veined, oblanceolate to narrowly ovate or oblong, (8–)15–75 × 3–17 mm, base slightly narrowed, subclasping to clasping, margins distally denticulate to irregularly dentate, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces villous-glandular to stipitate-glandular.

Flowers

herkogamous, sometimes plesiogamous, 1–106, from distal or medial to distal nodes.

herkogamous, 4–12, from medial to distal nodes.

Styles

glabrous.

Corollas

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.

white to light lavender, pinkish, or rosy, palate ridges yellow-striped, palate and abaxial limb with or without small, reddish spots, bilaterally symmetric, weakly bilabiate;

tube-throat cylindric, 8–10 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin;

lobe apex truncate to rounded, slightly erose, throat open.

Fruiting pedicels

2–18 mm.

15–20 mm.

Fruiting calyces

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.

slightly ridge-angled, cylindric-campanulate, not inflated, 8–13 mm, villous-glandular to stipitate-glandular.

Capsules

included, 3–8 mm.

included, 6–10 mm.

Anthers

included, glabrous.

Erythranthe rubella

Erythranthe parishii

Phenology

Flowering Apr–Jun.

Flowering May–Aug.

Habitat

Open slopes and washes.

Wet, sandy streamsides, rocky riverbeds, canyon drainages.

Elevation

300–3000 m. [1000–9800 ft.]

400–2300 m. [1300–7500 ft.]

Distribution

AZ; CA; CO; NM; NV; TX; UT; WY; Mexico (Baja California, Sonora)

[WildflowerSearch map]

CA; NV; Mexico (Baja California)

[WildflowerSearch map]

Discussion

Erythranthe parishii occurs in the southern Sierra Nevada (Kern and Tulare counties), mountain ranges of southern California (five counties), desert mountains (Inyo County), and in Clark and southern Nye counties, Nevada. It is the only annual species of sect. Erythranthe.

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

Source

FNA vol. 17, p. 384. Treatment authors: Guy L. Nesom, Naomi S. Fraga.

FNA vol. 17, p. 392. Treatment authors: Guy L. Nesom, Naomi S. Fraga.

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. pulsiferae, E. purpurea, E. regni, E. rhodopetra, 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. veronicifolia

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. 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, E. veronicifolia

Synonyms

Mimulus rubellus, M. gratioloides

Mimulus parishii

Name authority

(A. Gray) N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 35. (2012)

(Greene) G. L. Nesom & N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 37. (2012)

Web links

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