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Mentzelia veatchiana

Mentzelia albicaulis

white-stem blazingstar
Habit Pubescent to glabrous annual, the simple or freely-branched stems 1-4 dm. tall, whitish and shining.
Leaves

Leaves alternate, scabrous and brittle, various, 2-10 cm. long;

basal leaves narrowed to petioles, linear and entire;

cauline leaves sessile to petiolate, linear to lanceolate, entire to laciniate into linear lobes: floral leaves broader, few-toothed.
Flowers

Flowers few in open cymes;

calyx 1-2 cm. long, the 5 lobes 2-4 mm. long;

petals 5, distinct, yellow, 2-6 mm. long;

stamens 15-35, shorter than the petals;

style 1, ovary inferior.
Fruits

Capsule narrowly club-shaped, 1-2.5 cm. long and 2 mm. thick.

Mentzelia veatchiana

Mentzelia albicaulis
Flowering time May-July
Habitat Dry, usually sandy soil in the shrub-steppe to the foothills.
Distribution
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Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
M. albicaulis, M. dispersa, M. laevicaulis, M. montana
M. dispersa, M. laevicaulis, M. montana
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