Cutleaf monkeyflower | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Phrymaceae |
Genus: | Erythranthe |
Species: | E. laciniata
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Binomial name | |
Erythranthe laciniata | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Erythranthe laciniata, synonym Mimulus laciniatus, [1] is an uncommon species of flowering plant known by the common name cutleaf monkeyflower, it is endemic to the High Sierra Nevada in California.
Erythranthe laciniata is an annual herb producing a mostly hairless stem reaching maximum heights between 3 and 38 centimeters. [2] The oppositely arranged leaves are up to 5 centimeters in length and generally oval in shape, though some of them are divided into lobes. [3] The inflorescence is a raceme 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.
Erythranthe laciniata is endemic to the High Sierra Nevada in California, where it most often grows in moist areas on granitic soils. [4]