Erythranthe nepalensis

Erythranthe nepalensis (Benth.) G.L.Nesom (syn: Mimulus assamicus Griff.; Mimulus formosanus Hayata; Mimulus nepalensis Benth.; Mimulus tenellus subsp. nepalensis (Benth.) D.Y.Hong; Mimulus tenellus var. nepalensis (Benth.) P.C.Tsoong (ambiguous synonym); Mimulus tenellus var. nepalensis (Benth.) P.C.Tsoong ex H.P.Yang
(ambiguous synonym); Torenia arisanensis Sasaki) as per Catalogue of Life;

Mimulus tenellus var. nepalensis (Benth.) Tsoong, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 67(2): 171 1979. (syn: Mimulus assamicus Griff.; Mimulus formosanus Hayata; Mimulus nepalensis Benth.; Mimulus tenellus subsp. nepalensis (Benth.) D.Y. Hong) as per The Plant List Ver.1.1 ;

Nepal, Vietnam, Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin), Bhutan, Darjeeling, Tibet, China (Yunnan, Sichuan, ?etc.), Taiwan as per Catalogue of Life;

Common name: Nepal Monkey Flower

Perennials, to 35 cm tall, glabrous. Stems slender, suberect, much branched, basally creeping, quadrangular. Petiole 1.5-3 cm long, slender; leaf blade ovate, ovate-triangular, or ovate-oblong, 1-3.5 cm long, 0.5-1.5 cm wide, base truncate, margin sparsely serrate, apex acute; veins pinnate or palmate. Flowers axillary, solitary. Pedicel nearly as long as whole leaf. Bracteoles absent. Calyx cylindric, ca. 1 cm long, saccate in fruit, apex truncate; lobes small, spinelike. Corolla yellow, throat with red spots; tube funnelform, 1.5-3 times as long as calyx, densely barbate. Stamens and style glabrous, included. Capsule ellipsoid, slightly shorter than calyx. Seeds ovoid, papillose.

Mimulus tenellus var. nepalensis is close relative of Mimulus tenellus var. tenellus, but differs from the latter in its stems suberect (vs. diffuse), pedicel as long as whole leaf (vs. shorter than leaves).

Flowering and fruiting from June to September.

Mimulus tenellus var. nepalensis is occurring in Gansu, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang of China, India, Japan, Nepal, Vietnam.

Growing in wet places; 800-3200 m.

From Plants of Tibet

Rights holder(s): Wen, Jun