''Erythranthe primuloides'' is a Western United States
perennial plant in the lopseed family (
Phrymaceae), known by the common name primrose monkeyflower.
[Sierra Nevada Wildflowers, Karen Wiese, 2nd Ed., 2013, p. 134] It was formerly known as ''Mimulus primuloides''.
Range and habitat
It is native to the western United States, including
California. It grows in wet habitat in mountains and plateau areas, such as stream banks. In the eastern
Sierra Nevada
The Sierra Nevada () is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily ...
, it can be found in a very wide range of elevations, from .
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Description
''Erythranthe primuloides'' is a perennial herb growing in low patches or mosslike mats and spreading via rhizome
In botany and dendrology, a rhizome (; , ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and grow hori ...
and stolon
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.
The stem is no more than about 12 centimeters long. The oppositely arranged leaves are variable in shape, variable in color from green to purple-green, shaggy-hairy to hairless, and up to 5 centimeters long.
The flower arises on an erect pedicel
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Human anatomy
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. The tubular base of the flower is encapsulated in a hairless calyx of sepals. The bright yellow flower is up to 2 centimeters long. It is divided into an upper lip with two lobes and a lower lip with three. Each of the three lower lobes are usually dotted with red.
References
External links
Jepson Manual TreatmentUSDA Plants ProfilePhoto gallery
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primuloides
Flora of California
Flora of Nevada
Flora of Oregon
Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Flora without expected TNC conservation status