Mentzelia integra |
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virgin blazingstar |
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Habit | Plants winter annual or biennial, candelabra-form. |
Stems | solitary, erect, straight; branches distal or along entire stem, distal or proximal longest, antrorse, straight, proximal not decumbent; hairy or glabrescent. |
Leaves | blade (23–)29–78.4 × 3–14.6 mm, widest intersinus distance 1.6–8.5 mm; proximal oblanceolate or elliptic, margins dentate to serrate, teeth 4–12, proximal sides slightly antrorse, distal sides perpendicular to leaf axis, 0.8–5.3 mm; distal oblanceolate, elliptic, lanceolate, or linear, base not clasping, tapered, margins usually dentate to serrate, rarely entire, teeth (0–)2–10, proximal sides antrorse, distal sides perpendicular to leaf axis, 0.4–5.3 mm; abaxial surface with simple grappling-hook, complex grappling-hook, and needlelike trichomes, largest trichomes with pearly white bases, adaxial surface with needlelike trichomes. |
Bracts | margins entire. |
Flowers | petals golden yellow, 8.6–13.9(–17.4) × 2.9–4.7(–6.1) mm, apex rounded, glabrous abaxially; stamens golden yellow, 5 outermost petaloid, filaments narrowly spatulate, slightly clawed, 6.7–13.2(–15.4) × 1.7–4.3 mm, usually without, rarely with, anthers, second whorl with anthers; anthers straight after dehiscence, epidermis smooth; styles 4.8–11.3 mm. |
Capsules | cup-shaped, 6.2–11.4(–13) × 6–8.4 mm, base rounded, not longitudinally ridged. |
Seeds | coat anticlinal cell walls wavy, papillae 5–13 per cell. |
2n | = 20. |
Mentzelia integra |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Sep. |
Habitat | Roadsides, outcrops, hillsides, washes, dunes, sandy, gravelly, or volcanic soils. |
Elevation | 800–1800 m. (2600–5900 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; NV; UT
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Discussion | Mentzelia integra is found in northwestern Arizona, southeastern Nevada, and southwestern Utah. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 12, p. 521. |
Parent taxa | Loasaceae > Mentzelia > sect. Bartonia |
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Synonyms | M. multiflora var. integra, Nuttallia lobata |
Name authority | (M. E. Jones) Tidestrom: Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 25: 363. (1925) |
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