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Erythranthe calciphila

Erythranthe calciphila
Photo: Sinaloa Silvestre, CC0
Family
Phrymaceae (Phrym family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
Arizona to N. Mexico
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Erythranthe calciphila, commonly known as the Mexican moss monkeyflower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Phrymaceae. It is a small annual herb native to southeastern Arizona and northern Mexico. It grows in moist, sheltered places beneath rock ledges in desert and dry shrubland.

Other Erythranthe plants

Wingstem Monkeyflower · Rockjasmine Monkeyflower · Sand Loving Monkeyflower · Bearded Monkeyflower · Yellow And White Monkeyflower · Short Flowered Monkeyflower · Brewer's Monkeyflower · Cardinal monkey flower · Carson Valley monkeyflower · Arizona Big Red Monkeyflower · Erythranthe cuprea · Coastal Monkeyflower

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Erythranthe calciphila by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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