Erythranthe barbata

(Greene) N. S. Fraga

Phytoneuron 2012-39: 35. 2012.

Common names: Bearded monkeyflower
Endemic
Basionym: Mimulus barbatus Greene Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 9. 1884
Synonyms: M. deflexus S. Watson
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 386. Mentioned on page 379, 380.

Annuals, taprooted. Stems erect, simple or branched from basal nodes, 2–14.5 cm, sparsely glandular-pubescent, internodes elongate, distinct. Leaves cauline, basal not persistent; petiole 0 mm; blade 1-veined or palmately 3-veined (in broader ones), linear to lanceolate, 5–15 × 0.5–2 mm, base attenuate, margins entire, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces sparsely glandular-pubescent. Flowers herkogamous, 1–30, from distal or medial to distal nodes. Fruiting pedicels ascending to often spreading horizontally, (5–) 9–25 mm. Fruiting calyces sometimes red-dotted on ribs, campanulate, 3–6 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, glabrous, sparsely glandular-pubescent, ribs weak, lobes pronounced, erect, margins glabrous. Corollas bicolored (abaxial limb yellow with red spots, adaxial maroon-purple) or yellow, bilaterally symmetric, strongly bilabiate; tube-throat cylindric, (5–) 8–15 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin; limb expanded 6–15 mm, lateral lobes 2-fid, palate bearded. Styles glabrous. Anthers included, glabrous. Capsules included or equal to calyx, 3–5 mm.


Phenology: Flowering May–Aug.
Habitat: Open areas in pine forests, edges of meadows and ephemeral streams.
Elevation: 1800–3400 m.

Discussion

Erythranthe barbata previously has been placed in synonymy with E. montioides but differs from it in having each corolla lobe deeply notched and a consistently bearded palate. In E. montioides, each corolla lobe is entire or shallowly notched, and the palate is glabrous or sparsely bearded. Erythranthe barbata is most abundant in Tulare County but also occurs in immediately adjacent Inyo and Kern counties.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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loculicidal +
acute +  and obtuse +
Guy L. Nesom +  and Naomi S. Fraga +
(Greene) N. S. Fraga +
rosulate +  and subrosulate +
not persistent +
attenuate +
Mimulus barbatus +
3-veined +  and 1-veined +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
linear;lanceolate +
not leathery +  and semifleshy +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
compressed +, inflated +  and tubular +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Bearded monkeyflower +
yellow;bicolored +
compressed +
1800–3400 m. +
hairy +  and glabrous +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
spreading;ascending to often +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
reduced +
Open areas in pine forests, edges of meadows and ephemeral streams. +
alternate +, opposite +, rosulate +  and subrosulate +
persistent +  and deciduous +
expanded +
pronounced +
3 (?) +  and Not 5 (?) +
mostly triangular;deltate +
reduced +  and longer +
glabrous +  and glandular-pubescent +
lobed +  and toothed +
basal +  and superior +
tenuinucellate +  and unitegmic +
orthotropous +  and anatropous +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (?) +
Flowering May–Aug. +
Phytoneuron +
red-dotted +
campanulate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
flattened +  and ellipsoid +
3 +  and 5 +
proximal +  and middle +
branched +  and simple +
glandular-pubescent +
4-angled +  and terete +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (14.5 cm145 mm <br />0.145 m <br />) +
glandular-pubescent +
M. deflexus +
Erythranthe barbata +
Erythranthe +
species +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
perennial +  and annual +
herb +  and subshrub +
terrestrial +  and aquatic +
semiaquatic +  and terrestrial +
9 +, 8 +  and 7 +