''Erythranthe laciniata'',

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''Mimulus laciniatus'', is an uncommon species of flowering plant known by the common name cutleaf monkeyflower, it is endemic to the High Sierra Nevada in California.

Description

''Erythranthe laciniata'' is an annual herb producing a mostly hairless stem reaching maximum heights between 3 and 38 centimeters. The oppositely arranged leaves are up to 5 centimeters in length and generally oval in shape, though some of them are divided into lobes. The inflorescence is a

raceme A raceme ( or ) or racemoid is an unbranched, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing flowers having short floral stalks along the shoots that bear the flowers. The oldest flowers grow close to the base and new flowers are produced as the s ...

of several tiny red-spotted yellow flowers each 4 millimeters to 1.5 centimeters long. The tubular base of each flower is encapsulated in a ribbed, reddish calyx of sepals.

Distribution

''Erythranthe laciniata'' is endemic to the High Sierra Nevada in California, where it most often grows in moist areas on granitic soils.

References

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Jepson Manual TreatmentUSDA Plants ProfilePhoto gallery

laciniata ''Anemonoides ranunculoides'' (syn. ''Anemone ranunculoides''), the yellow anemone, yellow wood anemone, or buttercup anemone, is a species of herbaceous perennial plant that grows in forests across Europe to western Asia, and less frequently ...

Endemic flora of California Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States) Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Lamiales-stub