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Carson Valley monkeyflower

Erythranthe carsonensis

Carson Valley monkeyflower
Photo: Jim Morefield from Minden, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
Family
Phrymaceae (Phrym family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
California to Nevada
Climate
temperate

About

Erythranthe carsonensis is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name Carson Valley monkeyflower.

Where it grows

The species is native to Nevada and California, where its range is restricted to three valleys (Carson, Eagle, and Washoe Valleys) and the surrounding foothills. Its preferred habitat is dry, sandy soils in sagebrush and bitterbrush vegetation.

Other Erythranthe plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Erythranthe carsonensis 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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