Erythranthe lutea

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|image = Mimulus001.JPG

|genus = Erythranthe

|species = lutea

|authority = (L.) G.L.Nesom (2012)

|subdivision_ranks = Varieties

|subdivision =

Erythranthe lutea var. lutea
Erythranthe lutea var. rivularis {{small|(Lindl.) Silverside}}
Erythranthe lutea var. variegata {{small|(Poit.) G.L.Nesom}}

|subdivision_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77120259-1 Erythranthe lutea (L.) G.L.Nesom]. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 August 2024.

|synonyms =

Mimulus luteus L. (1763)
M. nummularis Gay
M. smithii Lindl.

and others

|synonyms_ref =

}}

Erythranthe lutea is a species of monkeyflower also known as yellow monkeyflower, monkey musk, blotched monkey flowers, and blood-drop-emlets.{{cite web |url=https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=24443|title=Mimulus luteus L.|author=GRIN |work=Taxonomy for Plants |publisher=USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program |location=National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland|date=April 22, 2014 |access-date=February 1, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/54566-Mimulus-luteus|title=Blood-drop-emlets (Mimulus luteus)|publisher=iNaturalist|access-date=February 1, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.virtualheb.co.uk/blotched-monkey-flower-wildflowers-western-isles/|title=Blotched Monkey Flower|publisher=Virtual Hebrides|access-date=February 1, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Mimulus+luteus|title=Mimulus luteus L.|publisher=Plants for a Future|access-date=February 1, 2017}} It was formerly known as Mimulus luteus.{{cite journal | last1 = Barker| first1 = W. L. (Bill)|display-authors=etal| year= 2012| title =A Taxonomic Conspectus of Phyrmaceae: A Narrowed Circumscription for MIMULUS, New and Resurrected Genera, and New Names and Combinations| url = http://www.phytoneuron.net/PhytoN-Phrymaceae.pdf | journal = Phytoneuron | volume =39 | pages = 1–60 | issn=2153-733X}}{{cite journal | last1 = Beardsley | first1 = P. M.|last2=Yen|first2=Alan | last3 = Olmstead | first3 = R. G. | year = 2003 | title = AFLP Phylogeny of Mimulus Section Erythranthe and the Evolution of Hummingbird Pollination| journal = Evolution | volume = 57 | issue =6| pages = 1397–1410|jstor=3448862 | doi=10.1554/02-086| pmid = 12894947| s2cid = 198154155}}{{cite journal | last1 = Beardsley | first1 = P. M. | last2 = Olmstead | first2 = R. G. | year = 2002 | title = Redefining Phrymaceae: the placement of Mimulus, tribe Mimuleae, and Phryma | journal = American Journal of Botany | volume = 89 | issue = 7 | pages = 1093–1102 | doi=10.3732/ajb.89.7.1093|jstor=4122195 | pmid = 21665709| bibcode = 2002AmJB...89.1093B }}{{cite journal | last1 = Beardsley | first1 = P. M.|last2=Schoenig|first2=Steve E.| last3 = Whittall | first3 = Justen B. | last4 = Olmstead| first4 =Richard G. | year = 2004 | title =Patterns of Evolution in Western North American Mimulus (Phrymaceae) | journal = American Journal of Botany| volume =91 | issue =3| pages = 474–4890|jstor=4123743 | doi=10.3732/ajb.91.3.474 | pmid = 21653403| doi-access = free| bibcode = 2004AmJB...91..474B}} It is a perennial native to temperate South America, including Chile and western and southern Argentina.

Description

E. lutea blooms in the summer and grows to about {{convert|30|cm|in}} in height.{{cite web|url=http://www.watergardenplants.co.uk/Mimulus-luteus|title=Mimulus luteus|publisher=Water Garden Plants UK|access-date=February 1, 2017}} The flowers are yellow with irregular red blotches and the leaves are hairy, paired, and round. Because of its yellow petals, E. luteus is in the "yellow monkeyflower" group, unlike most members of the genus, which have red or pink petals.{{cite journal | last1 = Cooley| first1 = Arielle M. | last2 = Willis| first2 = John H.| year = 2009 | title = Genetic divergence causes parallel evolution of flower color in Chilean Mimulus| journal = New Phytologist | volume = 183| issue = 3| pages = 729–739 | doi=10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02858.x| pmid = 19453433 | bibcode = 2009NewPh.183..729C }}

Some sources list Erythranthe lutea separately due to chromosomal variations.{{cite web |url=https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=468045|title=Erythranthe lutea (L.) G. L. Nesom|author=GRIN |work=Taxonomy for Plants |publisher=USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program |location=National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland|date=April 22, 2014 |access-date=February 1, 2017}}{{cite book |last=Cooley|first=Arielle Marie |year=2008 |title=Evolution of Floral Color Patterning in Chilean Mimulus |publisher=Duke University|location=Durham. NC|isbn=978-0549898689|page=37 |url=http://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/handle/10161/895}} Barker, etal (2012) proposes a new taxonomy for Phrymaceae, leaving only 7 species in Mimulus, none in Mimulus lutea, and placing 111 in Erythranthe. Barker also offers 4 different options for how to implement this new taxonomy.

The luteus group consists of Erythranthe luteus var. variegatus, E. naiandinus and E. cupreus.

Distribution and habitat

Erythranthe lutea prefers to grow in wet habitats such as marshes and riverbanks. It is native to temperate South America, including Chile and western and southern Argentina. It has been naturalized in Britain, having been first cultivated there circa 1826.{{cite book|url=http://www.brc.ac.uk/plantatlas/index.php?q=node/2631|title=Mimulus luteus (Blood-drop-emlets)|publisher=Online Atlas of the British & Irish Flora|access-date=February 2, 2017|year=1998}}

Erythranthe lutea

Description

Distribution and habitat

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