Erythranthe washingtonensis |
Erythranthe grayi |
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John Day or Washington monkeyflower, Washington monkey-flower |
Gray's monkeyflower, mariposa monkeyflower |
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Habit | Annuals, fibrous-rooted or filiform-taprooted. | Annuals, fibrous-rooted. |
Stems | erect to ascending, straight or geniculate at nodes, usually many-branched, terete, 5–25 cm, moderately puberulent-glandular to villous-glandular, hairs 0.1–0.8 mm, flattened, sometimes vitreous, distinctly multicellular, gland-tipped. |
erect, simple or branched from base, weakly 4-angled, 8–20 cm, glabrous. |
Leaves | cauline, basal not persistent; petiole 2–14 mm; blade palmately veined, deltate or ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 4–16(–23) × 2–11(–16) mm, base rounded to cuneate or truncate, margins denticulate or entire, apex acute, surfaces moderately puberulent-glandular to villous-glandular, hairs 0.1–0.8 mm, flattened, sometimes vitreous, distinctly multicellular, gland-tipped. |
basal and cauline; petiole 0 mm; blade palmately 3–5-veined, broadly ovate, 7–18 × 5–12 mm, base rounded, margins denticulate, apex acute, surfaces glabrous, rarely sparsely puberulent. |
Flowers | herkogamous, 1–6, from proximal to distal nodes. |
herkogamous, 2–20, from proximal to distal nodes. |
Styles | hispid-hirtellous. |
glabrous. |
Corollas | yellow with small reddish brown dots, abaxial limb with 2 white patches (abaxial ridges), bilaterally symmetric, strongly bilabiate; tube-throat funnelform, 8–10 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin; limb expanded 7–10 mm, lobes obovate-oblong, apex rounded to rounded-cuneate. |
rose red, throat pink lined with rose red and a yellow patch, abaxial ridges yellow, bilaterally symmetric, weakly bilabiate; tube-throat cylindric-funnelform, 8–11 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin; limb expanded 7–10 mm. |
Fruiting pedicels | divergent at nearly right angles, 20–50 mm, densely, minutely stipitate-glandular. |
6–7 mm, shorter than subtending leaves, glabrous. |
Fruiting calyces | greenish, ridge-angled, tubular, weakly inflated, 6–8 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, densely, minutely stipitate-glandular, lobes pronounced, erect. |
campanulate, 9–11 × 5–6 mm, margins subtruncate, glabrous, sometimes densely papillate at flowering with tiny, 1-celled, eglandular hairs, these apparently deciduous by fruiting, lobes reduced, subequal. |
Capsules | included, 5–8.5 mm. |
included, 5–9 mm. |
Anthers | included, glabrous. |
included, minutely villous-hirsute. |
2n | = 32. |
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Erythranthe washingtonensis |
Erythranthe grayi |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Sep. | Flowering May–Jul(–Oct). |
Habitat | Shallow basalt gravel in narrow channels and intermittent streams, sandy stream banks, open slopes, rocky shelves near seeps. | Drying pond beds, creek banks, yellow pine, yellow pine-Libocedrus woodlands. |
Elevation | 700–1300 m. (2300–4300 ft.) | 1000–1900 m. (3300–6200 ft.) |
Distribution |
OR
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CA
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Discussion | Erythranthe washingtonensis is considered to be extirpated in Washington by the Washington Natural Heritage Program. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
In addition to the features noted in the key and descriptions, the fruiting calyces of Erythranthe grayi are distinctly more inflated than those of E. acutidens and E. inconspicua. G. L. Nesom (2012g) maintained E. grayi as distinct from E. acutidens, relying primarily on fruiting pedicel length (see key above), but the two have nearly identical ranges (Tuolumne County south to Kern County), and study of additional collections suggests that only a single species may be represented. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 396. | FNA vol. 17, p. 382. |
Parent taxa | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Mimulus washingtonensis | Mimulus grayi |
Name authority | (Gandoger) G. L. Nesom: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 39. (2012) — (as washingtoniensis) | (A. L. Grant) G. L. Nesom: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 34. (2012) |
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