Erythranthe utahensis

Utah monkeyflower

Family: Phrymaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 2B.1

Utah monkeyflower is a rare (CNPS 2B.1) California native perennial found in wet mountain habitats including springs, seeps, meadows, and streams at elevations of 1,400 to 2,500 meters. Flowering from May to August, this plant produces bright yellow flowers in racemes with 6 to 16 blooms, each with an open corolla and distinctive tube-throat. Growing 20 to 50 centimeters tall with rhizomatous roots, it spreads with glabrous to glandular-hairy stems. Its leaves are distinctive, with ovate to round blades 20 to 40 millimeters long, positioned largest at mid-stem and becoming reduced toward the stem tips, with crenate edges and bases ranging from truncate to cuneate. The fruit is small, measuring 5 to 7 millimeters in length, with an asymmetrically swollen calyx featuring unequal lobes.

Habitat: Common. Wet places, springs, seeps, meadows, streams, marshy areas

Bloom period: May-Aug

Elevation: 1400-2500 m

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.