Erythranthe parishii

Annuals, taprooted or fibrous-rooted. Stems erect, usually simple, (3–) 10–85 cm, villous-glandular to stipitate-glandular. Leaves cauline; petiole 0 mm; blade palmately 3-veined, oblanceolate to narrowly ovate or oblong, (8–) 15–75 × 3–17 mm, base slightly narrowed, subclasping to clasping, margins distally denticulate to irregularly dentate, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces villous-glandular to stipitate-glandular. Flowers herkogamous, 4–12, from medial to distal nodes. Fruiting pedicels 15–20 mm. Fruiting calyces slightly ridge-angled, cylindric-campanulate, not inflated, 8–13 mm, villous-glandular to stipitate-glandular. Corollas white to light lavender, pinkish, or rosy, palate ridges yellow-striped, palate and abaxial limb with or without small, reddish spots, bilaterally symmetric, weakly bilabiate; tube-throat cylindric, 8–10 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin; lobe apex truncate to rounded, slightly erose, throat open. Styles glabrous. Anthers included, glabrous. Capsules included, 6–10 mm.

Phenology: Flowering May–Aug.
Habitat: Wet, sandy streamsides, rocky riverbeds, canyon drainages.
Elevation: 400–2300 m.

Calif., Nev., Mexico (Baja California)

Discussion

Erythranthe parishii occurs in the southern Sierra Nevada (Kern and Tulare counties), mountain ranges of southern California (five counties), desert mountains (Inyo County), and in Clark and southern Nye counties, Nevada. It is the only annual species of sect. Erythranthe.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa