Erythranthe minor
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| Flower photographed in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness | |
Scientific classification 
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Description
Colorado Monkey flower is a perennial plant that forms colonies with frequently branching thread-like rhizomes, modified underground stems. Its above-ground stems grow straight upwards or nearly so, are 5 to 20 centimeters (2–8 in) tall, and branch. They are covered in somewhat stiff, small hairs, but the hairs can lack glands or some of them can be tipped with glands. Plants will have both basal leaves and those attached to the stems, each with three noticeable veins. They can be egg shaped in outline, somewhat elliptical, or like the head of a spear, measuring 0.8–2.5 cm long and 0.5–1.5 cm wide. The edges are shallowly dentate to denticulate, having teeth or small teeth, and hairless surfaces.[1]
The flowers are in groups of one to three from nodes near the ends of the stems. The flowers are yellow and bilaterally symmetrical with funnel shaped tube opening to an upper and lower lip. They measure 0.9–1.1 cm. Blooming is usually in July or August, but can be as late as September in its native habitat.[1]
Taxonomy
Erythranthe minor was scientifically described in 1911 by Aven Nelson with the name Mimulus minor. It was moved to the genus Erythranthe in 2012 by Guy L. Nesom. Together with its genus it is part of the family Phrymaceae. It has seven synonyms.[2]
| Name | Year | Rank | Notes |
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| Mimulus alpinus Piper | 1906 | species | = het. |
| Mimulus guttatus var. puberulus (Greene ex Rydb.) A.L.Grant | 1924 | variety | = het. |
| Mimulus langsdorffii var. alpinus Piper | 1901 | variety | = het. |
| Mimulus langsdorffii var. minor (A.Nelson) Cockerell | 1911 | variety | ≡ hom. |
| Mimulus luteus var. alpinus A.Gray | 1863 | variety | = het., nom. illeg. |
| Mimulus minor A.Nelson | 1904 | species | ≡ hom. |
| Mimulus puberulus Greene ex Rydb. | 1906 | species | = het. |
| Notes: ≡ homotypic synonym; = heterotypic synonym | |||
Names
It is known by the common name Colorado monkeyflower,[1] and was also called smaller mountain monkey-flower in the mid 1900s.[3]
References
Citations
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nesom & Fraga 2020.
- ↑ POWO 2026.
- ↑ Pennell 1951, p. 710.
Sources
- Books
- Pennell, Francis Whittier (1951). "Scrophulariaceae". In Abrams, LeRoy. An Illustrated Flora of the Pacific States: Washington, Oregon, and California. III: Geraniaceae to Scrophulariaceae, Geraniums to Figworts (1980 Reprint ed.). Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. OCLC 327699. Search this book on
- Journals
- Web sources
- Nesom, Guy L.; Fraga, Naomi S. (5 November 2020). "Erythranthe minor". Flora of North America. p. 409. ISBN 978-0-19-086851-2. OCLC 1101573420. Archived from the original on 14 September 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2026. Unknown parameter
|orig-date=ignored (help); Unknown parameter|url-status=ignored (help) - POWO (2026). "Erythranthe minor (A.Nelson) G.L.Nesom". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
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