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Erythranthe patula

(Pennell) G.L. Nesom

Stalkleaf Monkeyflower

G3Vulnerable (G3?) Found in 2 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G3VulnerableGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.133269

Element CodePDSCR1B310

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderLamiales

FamilyPhrymaceae

GenusErythranthe

Synonyms

Mimulus patulusPennell

Other Common Names

Mimule à longs pétioles (FR)

Concept Reference

Whittall, J.B., M.L. Carlson, P.M. Beardsley, R.J. Meinke, and A. Liston. 2006. The Mimulus moschatus Alliance (Phrymaceae): Molecular and Morphological Phylogenetics and their Conservation Implications. Systematic Botany 31(2):380-397.

Taxonomic Comments

According to Whittall et al (2006) and Nesom (2012), Mimulus patulus is distinct from M. washingtonensis based on molecular and morphological evidence. Kartesz (1994, 1999) includes Mimulus patulus as a synonym under M. washingtonensis.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2015-09-18

Change Date2015-09-18

Edition Date2000-10-04

Edition AuthorsJoyal, E., 12/88; rev. D. Gries, 1997, B. MacBryde, 10/2000.

Range Extent250-20,000 square km (about 100-8000 square miles)

Number of Occurrences21 - 80

Rank Reasons

Mimulus patulus, if considered distinct from Mimulus washingtonensis, is known from limited populations over a range extending from eastern Oregon and southeastern Washington to western Wyoming. It occurs in moist or wet places.

Range Extent Comments

Southeastern Washington ("interior plateau" from Whitman County; type from Wawawai) to south-central Oregon (Lake County) to Wyoming.

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Moist banks of streams and ditches, Transition Zone (Abrams 1951). In Oregon, damp ground on eastern slope of the Cascades (Peck 1961). In Wyoming, wet places (Dorn 1992).

Palustrine Habitats

Riparian

Other Nations (2)

United StatesN3

Province	Rank	Native
Wyoming	S1	Yes
Montana	SNR	Yes
Washington	S2	Yes
Idaho	S3	Yes
Oregon	S2	Yes

CanadaN4

Province	Rank	Native
Alberta	S1	Yes
British Columbia	S4	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (2)

Idaho (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Bighorn - Weitas	Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest	254,845
West Meadow Creek	Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest	115,949

References (10)

Abrams, L. 1951. Illustrated flora of the Pacific states: Washington, Oregon, and California. Vol. 3. Geraniaceae to Scrophulariaceae. Stanford Univ. Press, Stanford, California. 866 pp.
Dorn, R.D. 1992. Vascular plants of Wyoming, 2nd edition. Mountain West Publishing, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2019. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 17: Magnoliophyta: Tetrachondraceae to Orobanchaceae. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxiv + 737 pp.
Hitchcock, C.L., A. Cronquist, M. Ownbey, and J.W. Thompson. 1959. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest. Part 4: Ericaceae through Campanulaceae, by C.L. Hitchcock, A. Cronquist, and M. Ownbey. Univ. Washington Press, Seattle. 510 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.
NatureServe. Unpublished. Concept reference for taxa for which no reference which describes the circumscription has been recorded; to be used as a placeholder until such a citation is identified.
Nesom, G.L. 2012a. Taxonomy of Erythranthe sect. Mimulosma (Phrymaceae). Phytoneuron 41:1-36.
Peck, M.E. 1961. A manual of the higher plants of Oregon. 2nd edition. Binsford & Mort, Portland, Oregon. 936 pp.
St. John, H. 1963. Flora of southeastern Washington and of adjacent Idaho. Outdoor Pictures, Escondido, CA. 583 pp.
Whittall, J.B., M.L. Carlson, P.M. Beardsley, R.J. Meinke, and A. Liston. 2006. The <i>Mimulus moschatus</i> Alliance (Phrymaceae): Molecular and Morphological Phylogenetics and their Conservation Implications. Systematic Botany 31(2):380-397.