Common name: Musk Monkey-flower
Erythranthe moschata (Douglas ex Lindl.) G.L.Nesom APNI* Synonyms: Mimulus moschatus Douglas ex Lindl. APNI*
Description: Procumbent or ascending, sticky-villous, musk-scented perennial, branches to 50 cm long.
Leaves not joined at nodes, lamina broad-ovate, 20–60 mm long, 10–30 mm wide, apex acute to obtuse and mucronate, base rounded to cordate, margins toothed, 3-veined from base; petiole 2–10 mm long.
Flowers 1 or rarely 2 in axils; pedicels 1–2 cm long. Calyx 8–12 mm long; teeth ± unequal, 3–4 mm long. Corolla yellow; tube 15–25 mm long with fine red lines; lobes rounded, ± equal, spreading, with a patch of coarse hairs and brown blotches inside the lower side of open mouth.
Capsule ovoid, 5–6 mm long.
Flowering: chiefly November–February
Distribution and occurrence: Occurs south from Orange district and the Blue Mountains. Native of N America. Grows in moist sites in pasture and gullies, in swamps and along streams.
NSW subdivisions: *CC, *NT, *CT, *ST
Other Australian states: *Vic. *Tas.
Text by W. R. Barker & G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992); modified from G.L. Nesom Phytoneuron 39: 43 (2012)
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