Erythranthe guttata (Fisch. ex DC.) G.L.Nesom

Perennial herb with stems ascending to c. 60 cm tall. Lower lvs shortly petiolate, the upper sessile. Lamina 2.5–12 × 1.5–8 cm, broad-ovate, or broad-elliptic to suborbicular, mostly glabrous, membranous, crenate, sometimes basal teeth again divided; apex usually rounded. Upper lvs wider than long, amplexicaul, sometimes hairy. Fls solitary in axils of upper lvs. Pedicels 1–4 cm long at anthesis, slender, usually densely glandular-hairy. Calyx 1.2–1.7 cm long, tubular-campanulate, accrescent and becoming inflated; teeth glandular-hairy, much < tube, the uppermost longer than lower. Corolla 3–4.5 cm long, strongly irregular, yellow with red dots in throat on bearded lower lip; upper lip with pouch ± closing throat. Capsule c. 10 mm long, oblong. Seeds reticulate.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4. as Mimulus guttatus DC.]

Flowering: Nov.–Mar.