Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Lamiales > Phrymaceae > Erythranthe > Erythranthe acaulis

Erythranthe acaulis (dwarf purple monkeyflower)

Synonyms: Mimulus acaulis; Mimulus depressus var. acaulis; Mimulus depressus var. nanus (homotypic); Mimulus minimus (heterotypic); Mimulus nanus (heterotypic)

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Screening - Summer [2]  Porous
Screening - Winter [2]  Porous
Bloom Period [2]  Late Spring
Drought Tolerance [2]  Medium
Fire Tolerance [2]  None
Frost Free Days [2]  4 months
Fruit/Seed Abundance [2]  Medium
Fruit/Seed Begin [2]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [2]  Fall
Growth Form [2]  Multiple Stem
Growth Period [2]  Spring, Summer
Growth Rate [2]  Rapid
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Lifespan [2]  Annual
Propagation [2]  Container, Seed
Root Depth [2]  12 inches (30 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [2]  Rapid
Seed Vigor [2]  Medium
Seeds Per [2]  19999960 / lb (44092400 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [2]  Erect
Structure [3]  Herb
Vegetative Spread Rate [2]  None
Flower Color [2]  Red
Foliage Color [2]  Green
Fruit Color [2]  Red
Flower Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Height [2]  8 inches (0.2 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [2]  USDA Zone: 10 Low Temperature: 30 F° (-1.1 C°) → 40 F° (4.4 C°)
Light Preference [2]  Full Sun
Soil Acidity [2]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [2]  Infertile
Water Use [2]  Low

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Crater Lake National Park II 180091 Oregon, United States
Craters of the Moon National Monument V 690996 Idaho, United States
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument III 8594 Oregon, United States
Yellowstone Biosphere Reserve II 2196863 Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, United States

Predators

Anarta mimuli[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0