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Erythranthe barbata

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Erythranthe barbata
A meadow full of blooming yellow-morph E. barbata in the southern Sierra Nevada, 3350m elevation
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Phrymaceae
Genus: Erythranthe
Species:
E. barbata
Binomial name
Erythranthe barbata
(Greene) N.S.Fraga (2012)
Synonyms

Mimulus barbatus Greene

Erythranthe barbata, the bearded monkeyflower, is a species of plant in the lopseed family endemic to the southern Sierra Nevada mountains in the state of California.

Description

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Erythranthe barbata is a small annual wildflower 2-15cm tall. Flowers are solitary. There are two color morphs: a yellow morph with all-yellow flowers, and a bicolor morph where one lip is a dark maroon-purple. Blooming occurs between May and August.[1]

Distribution and habitat

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Erythranthe barbata is endemic to moderate-to-high elevations (1800-3400m) of the southern Sierra Nevada mountains, occurring mainly in Tulare county with populations in Inyo and Kern counties. It grows on bare decomposed granite at the edges of meadows as well as in the understory of conifer forest,[1] sometimes forming large single-species mats.

Bicolor-morph E. barbata growing in the understory of a lodgepole-foxtail pine forest

References

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  1. ^ a b Fraga, Naomi S. "A revision of Erythranthe montioides and Erythranthe palmeri (Phrymaceae), with descriptions of five new species from California and Nevada, USA." Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany 30.1 (2012): 49-68.
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