Monkeyflower - Erythranthe guttata
Short to medium almost hairless plant. Stem hollow, ascending to erect. Leaves oval, irregularly toothed, only the lower stalked. Flowers bright yellow, usually with reddish brown spots in the mouth, 25 to 45 mm long, the corolla mouth closed by two hairy ridges on the lower lip, flower stem glandular-hairy.
Wet and marshy habitats, river and lake margins.
July to September.
Perennial
Widespread but local in Britain.
Local in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 12 of the 617 tetrads.
Graham Calow
Jubilee Walk Leire
25 June 2012
Graham Calow
Jubilee Walk, Leire
02 August 2011
AJ Cann
Sence Valley Forest Park
27 June 2015
Ken Charity
Swithland Village
30 July 2017
Melinda Bell
Snarestone,Ashby Canal
01 July 2020
Graham Calow
Sapcote, drainage area behind Northfield Road
25 June 2022
Graham Calow
Jubilee Walk, Leire
02 August 2011
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Species profile
- Common names
- Monkeyflower
- Species group:
- flowering plant
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Lamiales
- Family:
- Phrymaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 24
- First record:
- 02/08/2011 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 12/07/2023 (Alton, John)
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Graham Calow
Sketchley Lane, Burbage
01 August 2015
Graham Calow
Sketchley Lane, Burbage
01 August 2015
Peter Smith
Belgrave Lock
19 September 2018
Peter Smith
Belgrave Lock
19 September 2018
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Land behind Northfield Road
16 June 2023
