Erythranthe washingtonensis |
Erythranthe suksdorfii |
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John Day or Washington monkeyflower, Washington monkey-flower |
miniature monkey-flower, sukdorf's monkeyflower, Suksdorf's monkey-flower |
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Habit | Annuals, fibrous-rooted or filiform-taprooted. | Annuals, taprooted, densely compact. |
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 many-branched from basal nodes, 0.5–10(–13) cm, minutely puberulent, internodes shortened, not evident. |
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. |
cauline, basal not persistent; petiole 0 mm; blade 1-veined or palmately 3-veined (in broader ones), linear to lanceolate or ovate, 2–20(–25) × 0.5–4 mm, base attenuate, margins entire, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces minutely puberulent. |
Flowers | herkogamous, 1–6, from proximal to distal nodes. |
herkogamous or plesiogamous, 1–72, from distal or medial 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. |
yellow, throat sometimes with red markings, abaxial limb sometimes with a red dot, bilaterally symmetric, weakly bilabiate; tube-throat cylindric, indistinct from throat, 4–6 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin; limb expanded 2–3 mm, lobes entire or weakly notched, palate glabrous or sparsely bearded. |
Fruiting pedicels | divergent at nearly right angles, 20–50 mm, densely, minutely stipitate-glandular. |
2–10 mm. |
Fruiting calyces | greenish, ridge-angled, tubular, weakly inflated, 6–8 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, densely, minutely stipitate-glandular, lobes pronounced, erect. |
cylindric to urn-shaped, 3–6 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, glabrous or minutely puberulent, ribs thickened, lobes pronounced, erect. |
Capsules | included, 5–8.5 mm. |
included, 3–6 mm. |
Anthers | included, glabrous. |
included, glabrous. |
2n | = 32. |
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Erythranthe washingtonensis |
Erythranthe suksdorfii |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Sep. | Flowering Apr–Aug. |
Habitat | Shallow basalt gravel in narrow channels and intermittent streams, sandy stream banks, open slopes, rocky shelves near seeps. | Moist, generally loamy to clay soils in open areas. |
Elevation | 700–1300 m. (2300–4300 ft.) | 700–4200 m. (2300–13800 ft.) |
Distribution |
OR
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AZ; CA; ID; MT; NM; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; BC
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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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 17, p. 396. | FNA vol. 17, p. 384. |
Parent taxa | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe | Phrymaceae > Erythranthe |
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Synonyms | Mimulus washingtonensis | Mimulus suksdorfii |
Name authority | (Gandoger) G. L. Nesom: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 39. (2012) — (as washingtoniensis) | (A. Gray) N. S. Fraga: Phytoneuron 2012-39: 35. (2012) |
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