field monkey-flower

(villous-bracted monkeyflower)
Erythranthe arvensis

Member of seep monkeyflowers (section Simiolus)
stalked monkeyflowers (genus Erythranthe)
monkeyflowers (family Phrymaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
yellow in flowering plants

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• [very small corolla], 8–12 mm long; FNA suggests that there are both small-flowered and smaller-flowered versions (that were at one time called Mimulus micranthus)
• these may be distinguished in the future
• stems 5–70 cm, glabrous
• leaf petiole 0–95 mm, blade 5–35 mm long
• corolla lobes unequal, asymmetric when swollen in fruit
• corolla [tube?] exserted 0–3 mm from calyx tube
• bracts densely villous [hairy] abaxially

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Chris’s observations: 2 (none are research grade)

Locations:

• Bear Creek Redwoods OSP
• Coal Creek OSP

Months:

• Jun.: 1
• Jul.: 0
• Aug.: 0
• Sep.: 1

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Not all sites include this taxon:

• Erythranthe arvensis → iNaturalist – Calflora – Jepson eFlora – FNA
• not listed → CalPhotos

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora