BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Erythranthe suksdorfii
Suksdorf's monkey-flower
| Scientific Name: | Erythranthe suksdorfii (Gray) N.S. Fraga | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name Synonyms: |
Mimulus suksdorfii
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| English Name: | Suksdorf's monkey-flower | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name - Concept Reference: | Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR. | ||||||||||
| Classification Level: | Species | ||||||||||
| Species Group: | Vascular Plant | ||||||||||
| Species Code: | ERYTSUK | ||||||||||
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| Global Status: | G4 (Jul 2023) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | S3 (Apr 2019) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | Blue | ||||||||||
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| General Status Canada: | 2 - May be at risk (2010) | ||||||||||
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Other Unique Habitats / Vernal Pools/Seasonal Seeps / Facultative - frequent use
Rock/Sparsely Vegetated Rock / Rock/Sparsely Vegetated Rock / Obligate |
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| Global Habitat Comments: | Erythranthe suksdorfii is found in moist, open areas, with clay to loamy soils, in valleys and foothills, to moderate or occasionally high elevations in the mountains (Camp and Gamon 2011, Flora of North America Editorial Committee 2019). In Washington, Erythranthe suksdorfii occurs in seasonally moist swales, drainages, or vernal pools within sagebrush steppe vegetation (Camp and Gamon 2011). | ||||||||||
| Provincial Habitat Comments: |
Soil pocket on basalt boulder. |
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| Provincial Phenology: (1st half of month/ 2nd half of month) |
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| Endemic: | N | ||||||||||
| Global Range Comment: | Erythranthe suksdorfii is known from British Columbia, Washington, east to Montana south to California and New Mexico (Flora of North America Editorial Comittee 2019). Range extent was estimated using herbarium specimens and NatureServe Network occurrence data collected between 1992 and 2023 (GBIF 2023, iNaturalist 2023, NatureServe 2023). | ||||||||||
| Disjunct, more common elsewhere: | N | ||||||||||
| Peripheral, major distribution elsewhere: | N | ||||||||||
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| References and Related Literature | |||||||||||
Camp, P., and J.G. Gamon, eds. 2011. Online adaptation of the Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Washington. Washington Natural Heritage Program and Washington State Department of Natural Resources. University of Washington Press, Seattle. Online. Available: https://www.dnr.wa.gov/NHPfieldguide |
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Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. Species Summary: Erythranthe suksdorfii. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 21, 2026).