About Erythranthe breweri (Greene) G.L.Nesom & N.S.Fraga
Erythranthe breweri is a species of monkeyflower, with the common name Brewer's monkeyflower. It is native to western North America, ranging from British Columbia south to California and east to Colorado, where it grows in moist spots across several habitat types. This is an annual hairy herb that produces a thin, erect stem reaching up to 21 centimeters tall. Its herbage is reddish green in color. The paired opposite leaves are linear in shape, and grow up to 3.5 centimeters long. The plant produces small tubular flowers. Each flower's base is enclosed in a lightly hairy calyx made of sepals, which has tiny equal lobes at its opening. The five-lobed flower corolla is only a few millimeters long, light purplish pink in color, and often marked with darker spots in its throat. This species was formerly classified under the name Mimulus breweri.
