Erythranthe androsacea

(Curran ex Greene) N. S. Fraga

Phytoneuron 2012-39: 35. 2012.

Common names: Rock-jasmine monkeyflower
Endemic
Basionym: Mimulus androsaceus Curran ex Greene Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 121. 1885
Synonyms: M. palmeri var. androsaceus (Curran ex Greene) A. Gray
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 388. Mentioned on page 379.

Annuals, taprooted. Stems erect, simple or branched from basal nodes, 0.5–10 cm, glabrous or minutely puberulent. Leaves cauline, basal not persistent; petiole 0 mm; blade 1-veined or palmately 3-veined (in broader ones), linear to lanceolate or ovate, 2–8 × 1–5 mm, base attenuate, sometimes clasping, margins entire, sometimes toothed, apex acute, surfaces glabrous or minutely puberulent. Flowers herkogamous, sometimes plesiogamous, 1–22, from distal or medial to distal nodes. Fruiting pedicels ascending to often spreading horizontally, 5–30 mm. Fruiting calyces sometimes red-dotted, campanulate, 3–7 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, glabrous or minutely puberulent, ribs thickened, lobes pronounced, erect, margins glabrous. Corollas pink to purple, palate sometimes with yellow or pink markings, without yellow palate ridges, bilaterally symmetric, weakly bilabiate; tube-throat cylindric, 3–8 mm, exserted 2–3 mm beyond calyx margin; limb expanded 3–7 mm, lobes entire, sometimes notched, adaxial limb glabrous, sometimes sparsely bearded. Styles glabrous. Anthers included, glabrous. Capsules included, 3–5 mm.


Phenology: Flowering Feb–May.
Habitat: Moist open areas on gentle slopes.
Elevation: 100–3600 m.

Discussion

Erythranthe androsacea occurs primarily in the southern half of California but is scattered as far north as Lake and Modoc counties.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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bearded +  and glabrous +
loculicidal +
Guy L. Nesom +  and Naomi S. Fraga +
(Curran ex Greene) N. S. Fraga +
rosulate +  and subrosulate +
not persistent +
attenuate +
Mimulus androsaceus +
3-veined +  and 1-veined +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
linear;lanceolate or ovate +
not leathery +  and semifleshy +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
compressed +, inflated +  and tubular +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Rock-jasmine monkeyflower +
regular +  and bilabiate +
compressed +
100–3600 m. +
hairy +  and glabrous +
spreading;ascending to often +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
reduced +
Moist open areas on gentle slopes. +
alternate +, opposite +, rosulate +  and subrosulate +
persistent +  and deciduous +
expanded +
pronounced +
3 (?) +  and Not 5 (?) +
notched +
reduced +  and longer +
glabrous +  and puberulent +
lobed +  and toothed +
pink +  and yellow +
basal +  and superior +
tenuinucellate +  and unitegmic +
orthotropous +  and anatropous +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (?) +
Flowering Feb–May. +
Phytoneuron +
flattened +  and ellipsoid +
3 +  and 5 +
proximal +  and middle +
branched +  and simple +
puberulent +  and glabrous +
4-angled +  and terete +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
puberulent +  and glabrous +
M. palmeri var. androsaceus +
Erythranthe androsacea +
Erythranthe +
species +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
perennial +  and annual +
herb +  and subshrub +
terrestrial +  and aquatic +
semiaquatic +  and terrestrial +
9 +, 8 +  and 7 +