Mentzelia albicaulis

Mentzelia albicaulis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Cornales
Family: Loasaceae
Genus: Mentzelia
Species: M. albicaulis
Binomial name
Mentzelia albicaulis
(Hook.) Torr. & A.Gray

Mentzelia albicaulis is a species of flowering plants in the family Loasaceae known by the common names whitestem blazingstar,[1] white-stemmed stickleaf,[2] and small flowered blazing star. It is native to much of western North America, where it grows in mountain, desert, and plateau habitat.

Description

It is an annual herb producing a stem up to 42 centimeters long, sometimes growing erect. The leaves are up to 11 centimeters long in the basal rosette, divided into even comblike lobes, and smaller farther up on the plant. The flower has five shiny yellow petals 2 to 7 millimeters long each. The fruit is a narrow, straight or curving utricle 1 to 3 centimeters long. It contains many angular seeds covered in tiny bumps.

References

  1. "Mentzelia albicaulis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  2. "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.

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