Erythranthe shevockii |
Erythranthe palmeri |
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Kelso Creek monkeyflower, Kelso Creek or Shevock's monkeyflower |
Palmer's monkeyflower |
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Habit | Annuals, taprooted. | Annuals, taprooted. |
Stems | erect, simple or branched from basal nodes, 2–12 cm, minutely puberulent or glabrous. |
erect, simple or branched from basal nodes, 4–17 cm, minutely puberulent. |
Leaves | cauline, basal not persistent; petiole 0 mm; blade palmately 3-veined (in broader ones), lanceolate to ovate, 3–10 × 1–5 mm, base truncate to truncate-cordate, clasping, margins entire, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces minutely puberulent or glabrous. |
cauline, basal not persistent; petiole 0 mm; blade pinnately veined, palmately 3-veined (in broader ones), linear to oblanceolate, (3–)4–17 × 1–4 mm, base attenuate, margins entire, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces minutely puberulent. |
Flowers | herkogamous, 1–16, from distal or medial to distal nodes. |
herkogamous, 1–36, from distal or medial to distal nodes. |
Styles | glabrous. |
glabrous. |
Corollas | maroon and yellow, 2 lateral lobes maroon, 1 much larger central lobe yellow (red-spotted), 2 adaxial lobes maroon, bilaterally symmetric, strongly bilabiate; tube-throat cylindric, 8–12 mm, exserted 2–3 mm beyond calyx margin; limb expanded 8–15 mm, central lobe 2-fid, abaxial limb sparsely villous-bearded. |
pink to purple, abaxial limb with 2 yellow ridges, bilaterally symmetric, strongly bilabiate; tube-throat funnelform, 6–15 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin; limb expanded 8–15 mm, lobes deeply notched, abaxial limb sparsely bearded. |
Fruiting pedicels | ascending to often spreading horizontally, 10–22 mm. |
spreading horizontally, 5–33 mm. |
Fruiting calyces | red-spotted or red, campanulate, 4–7 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, minutely puberulent or glabrous, ribs weak, lobes pronounced, erect, margins glabrous. |
sometimes red-spotted on ribs, becoming straw colored, cylindric, 4–8 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, glabrous, ribs weak, lobes pronounced, erect, margins ciliate. |
Capsules | included, 5–6 mm. |
included, 4–8 mm. |
Anthers | included, glabrous. |
included, glabrous. |
2n | = 32. |
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Erythranthe shevockii |
Erythranthe palmeri |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–May. | Flowering Apr–Jun. |
Habitat | Level openings in juniper and Joshua tree woodlands. | Moist areas in openings in pine forest and desert chaparral transitions. |
Elevation | 900–1400 m. (3000–4600 ft.) | 900–2200 m. (3000–7200 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA
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CA
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Discussion | Erythranthe shevockii is known only from the southernmost Sierra Nevada in Kern County. It (as Mimulus shevockii) is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Erythranthe palmeri has been confused with other closely related species, including E. diffusa, E. discolor (pink form), E. rhodopetra, and E. sierrae. It was previously thought to be a widely distributed species because of this taxonomic confusion but now is regarded as endemic to the Transverse Range in the San Bernardino and San Gabriel mountains. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 389. | FNA vol. 17, p. 387. |
Parent taxa | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe |
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Synonyms | Mimulus shevockii | Mimulus palmeri |
Name authority | (Heckard & Bacigalupi) N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 35. (2012) | (A. Gray) N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 35. (2012) |
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