Erythranthe palmeri is a species of monkeyflower known by the common name Palmer's monkeyflower. It was formerly known as Mimulus palmeri. It is endemic to the San Bernardino and San Gabriel mountains of southern California, where it grows in springtime-wet depressions and creek banks on granitic soils from 1,000 to 2,200 meters elevation.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Palmer's monkeyflower being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Erythranthe diffusa
- Erythranthe discolor
- Erythranthe purpurea
- Diplacus fremontii
- Diplacus thompsonii
- Erythranthe filicaulis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Phrymaceae
- Genus
- Erythranthe
- Species
- Erythranthe palmeri
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