Erythranthe rubella

Species of flowering plant

Erythranthe rubella

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Lamiales
Family:  | Phrymaceae
Genus:  | Erythranthe
Species:  |

E. rubella

Binomial name
Erythranthe rubella

(A.Gray) N.S.Fraga

Erythranthe rubella is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name little redstem monkeyflower. It was formerly known as Mimulus rubellus.[1][2][3][4]

## Distribution[edit]

It is native to western North America, including the southwestern United States to Wyoming and Texas, and into Baja California.

## Description[edit]

Erythranthe rubellus is an annual herb growing 2 to 32 centimeters tall with a very slender, red stem. The oppositely arranged oval leaves are up to 3 centimeters long and lance-shaped to oval, the lower ones borne on short petioles. The herbage is usually lightly hairy and green to reddish in color.

The petite tubular flower is no more than a centimeter long, the base of its tube encapsulated in a narrow, ribbed calyx of sepals. The flower may be yellow or pink in color and the mouth of the flower is usually dotted with red or purple.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Barker, W.R.; Nesom, G.L.; Beardsley, P.M.; Fraga, N.S. (2012), "A taxonomic conspectus of Phrymaceae: A narrowed circumscriptions for Mimulus, new and resurrected genera, and new names and combinations" (PDF), Phytoneuron, 2012–39: 1–60
2. ^ Beardsley, P. M.; Yen, Alan; Olmstead, R. G. (2003). "AFLP Phylogeny of Mimulus Section Erythranthe and the Evolution of Hummingbird Pollination". Evolution. 57 (6): 1397–1410. doi:10.1554/02-086. JSTOR 3448862. PMID 12894947. S2CID 198154155.
3. ^ Beardsley, P. M.; Olmstead, R. G. (2002). "Redefining Phrymaceae: the placement of Mimulus, tribe Mimuleae, and Phryma". American Journal of Botany. 89 (7): 1093–1102. doi:10.3732/ajb.89.7.1093. JSTOR 4122195. PMID 21665709.
4. ^ Beardsley, P. M.; Schoenig, Steve E.; Whittall, Justen B.; Olmstead, Richard G. (2004). "Patterns of Evolution in Western North American Mimulus (Phrymaceae)". American Journal of Botany. 91 (3): 474–4890. doi:10.3732/ajb.91.3.474. JSTOR 4123743. PMID 21653403.

## External links[edit]

* Jepson Manual Treatment - Mimulus rubellus
* USDA Plants Profile: Mimulus rubellus
* Mimulus rubellus - Photo gallery

Taxon identifiers

Erythranthe rubella|

* Wikidata: Q17746367
* BioLib: 214809
* Calflora: 13505
* CoL: 3BCTV
* GBIF: 7415666
* iNaturalist: 533373
* IPNI: 77120051-1
* NCBI: 271008
* Open Tree of Life: 307750
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77120051-1
* Tropicos: 100380209
* WFO: wfo-0001333238

Mimulus rubellus|

* Wikidata: Q6862438
* Calflora: 5556
* CoL: 43HQ5
* EoL: 578813
* GBIF: 6070688
* iNaturalist: 78063
* IPNI: 806095-1
* IRMNG: 10208196
* ITIS: 33270
* NatureServe: 2.153430
* Plant List: tro-29201162
* PLANTS: MIRU
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:806095-1
* Tropicos: 29201162
* WFO: wfo-0001136891