Mentzelia albescens |
Mentzelia conspicua |
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wavy-leaf blazingstar |
remarkable blazingstar, rio chama blazingstar |
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Habit | Plants biennial, candelabra-form. | Plants biennial, candelabra-form. |
Stems | solitary, erect, straight; branches distal, distal longest, antrorse, straight; hairy. |
solitary, erect, straight; branches distal, distal longest, antrorse, straight; hairy. |
Leaves | blade 31–92(–157) × 10.5–27.6(–41) mm, widest intersinus distance 5.2–23.3(–29) mm; proximal lanceolate or elliptic, margins serrate to pinnate, teeth or lobes 8–22, slightly antrorse, 1.8–6 mm; distal lanceolate, base clasping, margins usually serrate to pinnate, occasionally entire, teeth or lobes (0–)10–20, slightly antrorse, 1.4–7.6 mm; abaxial surface with simple grappling-hook, complex grappling-hook, and needlelike trichomes, adaxial surface with simple grappling-hook and needlelike trichomes. |
blade 69–195 × 11.6–55.7 mm, widest intersinus distance 1.3–2.5(–3.5) mm; proximal oblanceolate or elliptic, margins pinnatisect, lobes 16–26, slightly antrorse or perpendicular to leaf axis, 5.1–15.1 mm; distal elliptic, base not clasping, margins pinnatisect, lobes 10–20, slightly antrorse or perpendicular to leaf axis, 6.2–12.3(–22.5) mm; abaxial surface with needlelike and occasionally simple grappling-hook trichomes, adaxial surface with needlelike trichomes. |
Bracts | margins entire. |
margins entire. |
Flowers | petals golden yellow, 5.7–9.2 × 1.3–3 mm, apex usually acute, occasionally rounded, glabrous abaxially; stamens golden yellow, 5 outermost petaloid, filaments narrowly spatulate, slightly clawed, 4.7–8.4 × 1–2.4 mm, without anthers, second whorl with anthers; anthers straight after dehiscence, epidermis smooth; styles 3.5–5.4 mm. |
petals golden yellow, 30–42.2 × 5.7–10.8 mm, apex acute, glabrous abaxially; stamens golden yellow, 5 outermost petaloid, filaments narrowly spatulate, slightly clawed, 27–37.4 × 4.8–9.7 mm, without anthers, second whorl with anthers; anthers straight after dehiscence, epidermis smooth; styles 24–32.4 mm. |
Capsules | cylindric, 13.6–23.5 × 5.1–7.8 mm, base tapering, not or slightly longitudinally ridged. |
cylindric, 15–26 × 5–7.2 mm, base tapering to rounded, not longitudinally ridged. |
Seeds | coat anticlinal cell walls straight, papillae 4–17 per cell. |
coat anticlinal cell walls sinuous, papillae 8–12 per cell. |
2n | = 22. |
= 20. |
Mentzelia albescens |
Mentzelia conspicua |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Nov. | Flowering Jun–Sep. |
Habitat | Dry grasslands, xeric habitats of arroyos, roadsides, roadcuts, washes, chat piles, slopes. | Slopes, pinyon pine and juniper woodlands, grasslands, sparsely vegetated soils composed of red and brown loam. |
Elevation | 200–1600 m. (700–5200 ft.) | 1800–2400 m. (5900–7900 ft.) |
Distribution |
KS; MO; OK; TX; South America (Argentina, Chile) |
NM |
Discussion | Phylogenetic analyses (J. J. Schenk and L. Hufford 2011) recovered representative populations of Mentzelia albescens from Texas and South America in a monophyletic group. Phylogenetic placement of these populations among lineages in sect. Bartonia, as well as a lack of morphological differentiation among North American and South American populations, suggests a recent dispersal to South America. In the flora area, this species is native to central and western Texas, and introduced in Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Mentzelia conspicua is known from Rio Arriba, Sandoval, and Torrance counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 12, p. 518. | FNA vol. 12, p. 515. |
Parent taxa | Loasaceae > Mentzelia > sect. Bartonia | Loasaceae > Mentzelia > sect. Bartonia |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Bartonia albescens, B. wrightii | |
Name authority | (Gillies ex Arnott) Bentham & Hooker f. ex Grisebach: Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 19: 150. (1874) | Todsen: Sida 18: 819, fig. 1. (1999) |
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