[Monkeyflowers: The Genera Diplacus and Erythranthe East of the Cascade
Mts. of Oregon and Washington]
Musk Monkeyflower, Musk-flower Monkeyflower, Musk-flowered Monkey Flower, Sticky Monkey-flower
Erythranthe moschata
Synonyms: Mimulus moschatus, Mimulus moschatus var. moschatus, Mimulus moschatus var. pallidiflorus, Mimulus moschatus var. sessilifolius
Musk-flower monkey flower as seen from Summit Prairie, Malheur National Forest...........August 20, 2011.
Musk-flower monkey flower as seen from the trail to the summit of Iron Mt.,
Willamette N.F.........July 14, 1990.
Characteristics:
Musk-flowered monkey flower is a perennial with lax or prostrate
stems from 5-70 cm long long. It is often freely branched and the herbage is
often sticky-hairy with numerous slender, flattened, shining white hairs as
seen above. The herbage tends to be slimy and sometimes strongly musk-scented.
The stems are simple and pinnately veined with either short petioles or sessile.
The leaf blades are ovate to elliptic-ovate or lance-ovate in shape. The blades
range from 1-8 cm long and 7-35 mm wide.
The flowers have long stems. The calyx is 7-13 mm long with
pointed lobes or teeth 2-4 mm long. The upper tooth or lobe of the calyx is
slightly longer than the others. The calyx is glandular-hairy, especially on
the 5 ribs. The corolla is 1.5-3 cm long, thin in cross-section, and yellow
with some occasional dark lines or dots. The 5 lobes are barely two-lipped as
the lobes spread widely.
Habitat:
Musk-flowered monkey flower is found in moist meadows from near
sea level to medium elevations in the the mountains.
Range:
Musk-flowered monkey flower may be found from southern British
Columbia south to California, and east to Montana, Utah, and Colorado.
Musk monkeyflower as seen at a wet spot along the Lick Creek Trail #231, Hells Canyon National Recreation Area......August 11, 2018.
Musk-flower monkey flower as seen from Summit Prairie, Malheur National Forest.........August 20, 2011.
Musk monkeyflower blooming on the receding shoreline of Bonny Lake, Eagle Cap Wilderness.......August 12, 2018.
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Foliage of musk monkeyflower observed in a riparian drainage about one quarter mile west of Box Canyon Creek, Simcoe Mountains Unit, Klickitat Wildlife Area........May 23, 2020.
Musk-flower monkey flower as seen from Stinger Meadows
below High Rock in the Mt. Hood N.F..........July 20, 1994.
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The photo above shows a side view of the calyces and corollas
of musk-flowered monkey flower from the Rainy Lake Trailhead, Mt. Hood N.F..........June
2000.
Paul Slichter