Erythranthe androsacea

Annuals, taprooted. Stems erect, simple or branched from basal nodes, 0.5–10 cm, glabrous or minutely puberulent. Leaves cauline, basal not persistent; petiole 0 mm; blade 1-veined or palmately 3-veined (in broader ones), linear to lanceolate or ovate, 2–8 × 1–5 mm, base attenuate, sometimes clasping, margins entire, sometimes toothed, apex acute, surfaces glabrous or minutely puberulent. Flowers herkogamous, sometimes plesiogamous, 1–22, from distal or medial to distal nodes. Fruiting pedicels ascending to often spreading horizontally, 5–30 mm. Fruiting calyces sometimes red-dotted, campanulate, 3–7 mm, margins distinctly toothed or lobed, glabrous or minutely puberulent, ribs thickened, lobes pronounced, erect, margins glabrous. Corollas pink to purple, palate sometimes with yellow or pink markings, without yellow palate ridges, bilaterally symmetric, weakly bilabiate; tube-throat cylindric, 3–8 mm, exserted 2–3 mm beyond calyx margin; limb expanded 3–7 mm, lobes entire, sometimes notched, adaxial limb glabrous, sometimes sparsely bearded. Styles glabrous. Anthers included, glabrous. Capsules included, 3–5 mm.

Phenology: Flowering Feb–May.
Habitat: Moist open areas on gentle slopes.
Elevation: 100–3600 m.

Distribution

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Calif.

Discussion

Erythranthe androsacea occurs primarily in the southern half of California but is scattered as far north as Lake and Modoc counties.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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