Erythranthe pulsiferae

(A. Gray) G. L. Nesom

Phytoneuron 2012-39: 39. 2012.

Common names: Pulsifer’s or candelabrum monkeyflower
Endemic
Basionym: Mimulus pulsiferae A. Gray Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 11: 98. 1876
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 398. Mentioned on page 381, 395, 399.

Annuals, shallowly fibrous-rooted. Stems erect, straight at nodes, simple or few-branched at base, 5–12(–18) cm, minutely stipitate-glandular, hairs 0.1–0.3 mm, gland-tipped. Leaves basal and cauline; petiole 2–9 mm, distinctly 3-veined, 2-winged; blade palmately 3-veined, elliptic-oblong to ovate or oblanceolate, 3–14(–23) × 2–9(–15) mm, base cuneate to attenuate, margins denticulate to entire, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces minutely stipitate-glandular, hairs 0.1–0.3 mm, gland-tipped. Flowers herkogamous, 1–9, from medial to distal nodes. Fruiting pedicels divergent-arcuate, 12–38 mm, minutely stipitate-glandular, hairs 0.1–0.3 mm, gland-tipped. Fruiting calyces cylindric, ± inflated, 7–10 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, minutely stipitate-glandular, hairs 0.1–0.3 mm, gland-tipped, lobes pronounced, erect. Corollas yellowish, tube-throat, palate ridges, and limb yellow to pale yellow, abaxial limb red-dotted or not, bilaterally symmetric, weakly bilabiate; tube-throat funnelform, 6–9 mm, exserted beyond calyx margin; lobes broadly obovate-suborbicular, apex rounded. Styles glabrous. Anthers included, glabrous. Capsules included, 5–8 mm. 2n = 32.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–Jul.
Habitat: Damp depressions, moist gravel, rocky flats, granite outcrops, wet meadows, lava beds, vernal pools, forest openings, commonly in or near coniferous forests, chaparral-live oak woodlands.
Elevation: 50–1300(–2500) m.

Discussion

Erythranthe pulsiferae is characterized by minutely stipitate-glandular vestiture (lacking villous hairs), elongate internodes, persistent basal leaves, small, palmately veined, cauline leaves with short, three-veined petioles and elliptic-oblong to ovate or oblanceolate blades, divergent-arcuate pedicels, and small, all yellow, weakly bilabiate corollas.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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Guy L. Nesom +  and Naomi S. Fraga +
(A. Gray) G. L. Nesom +
Mimulus pulsiferae +
Pulsifer’s or candelabrum monkeyflower +
Calif. +, Oreg. +  and Wash. +
50–1300(–2500) m. +
Damp depressions, moist gravel, rocky flats, granite outcrops, wet meadows, lava beds, vernal pools, forest openings, commonly in or near coniferous forests, chaparral-live oak woodlands. +
Flowering Apr–Jul. +
Phytoneuron +
Mimulus sect. Erythranthe +  and Mimulus subg. Synplacus +
Erythranthe pulsiferae +
Erythranthe +
species +