Erythranthe shevockii
Phytoneuron 2012-39: 35. 2012.
Annuals, taprooted. Stems erect, simple or branched from basal nodes, 2–12 cm, minutely puberulent or glabrous. Leaves cauline, basal not persistent; petiole 0 mm; blade palmately 3-veined (in broader ones), lanceolate to ovate, 3–10 × 1–5 mm, base truncate to truncate-cordate, clasping, margins entire, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces minutely puberulent or glabrous. Flowers herkogamous, 1–16, from distal or medial to distal nodes. Fruiting pedicels ascending to often spreading horizontally, 10–22 mm. Fruiting calyces red-spotted or red, campanulate, 4–7 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, minutely puberulent or glabrous, ribs weak, lobes pronounced, erect, margins glabrous. Corollas maroon and yellow, 2 lateral lobes maroon, 1 much larger central lobe yellow (red-spotted), 2 adaxial lobes maroon, bilaterally symmetric, strongly bilabiate; tube-throat cylindric, 8–12 mm, exserted 2–3 mm beyond calyx margin; limb expanded 8–15 mm, central lobe 2-fid, abaxial limb sparsely villous-bearded. Styles glabrous. Anthers included, glabrous. Capsules included, 5–6 mm. 2n = 32.
Phenology: Flowering Mar–May.
Habitat: Level openings in juniper and Joshua tree woodlands.
Elevation: 900–1400 m.
Discussion
Erythranthe shevockii is known only from the southernmost Sierra Nevada in Kern County. It (as Mimulus shevockii) is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants.
Selected References
None.