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manystem blazingstar, multiple-branch blazingstar

Hualapai blazingstar

Habit Plants perennial, bushlike, with subterranean caudices or sometimes rhizomes. Plants perennial, bushlike, with subterranean caudices.
Stems

multiple, erect or decumbent, zigzag or straight;

branches distal or along entire stem, distal longest or all ± equal, antrorse, straight to upcurved; hairy.

multiple, erect, zigzag or straight;

branches distal or along entire stem, distal longest or all ± equal, antrorse, upcurved; hairy.

Leaves

blade 20–49(–57) × 4.2–19 mm, widest intersinus distance 1.1–5.3 mm;

proximal oblanceolate to elliptic, margins pinnate to pinnatisect, lobes 4–10, slightly antrorse, 0.7–7.6 mm;

distal linear to lanceolate, base not clasping, margins entire or pinnate, lobes 0–10, slightly antrorse, 1.9–7.8 mm;

abaxial surface with simple grappling-hook trichomes, adaxial surface with grappling-hook and needlelike trichomes.

blade 17–94 × 12–32 mm, widest intersinus distance 9.5–29 mm;

proximal broadly spatulate to elliptic, margins serrate, teeth 6–12, slightly antrorse or perpendicular to leaf axis, 0.4–1.5 mm;

distal broadly spatulate, elliptic, or obovate, base not clasping, margins serrate, teeth 8–10, slightly antrorse or perpendicular to leaf axis, 1–3.6 mm;

abaxial surface with complex grappling-hook and occasionally with simple grappling-hook and needlelike trichomes, adaxial surface with needlelike trichomes.

Bracts

margins entire.

margins entire.

Flowers

petals golden yellow, 10.6–17.9 × 5.1–9 mm, apex obtuse, glabrous abaxially;

stamens golden yellow, 5 outermost petaloid, filaments oblanceolate, slightly clawed, 6.5–10.5 × 2–4.5 mm, with anthers, second whorl with anthers;

anthers twisted or straight after dehiscence, epidermis smooth;

styles 6–11.5 mm.

petals white to light yellow, 9.4–17.4(–20) × 1.7–4.3 mm, apex acute to rounded, glabrous abaxially;

stamens white to light yellow, 5 outermost petaloid, filaments narrowly spatulate, slightly clawed, 8.5–18 × 1–1.3(–2.9) mm, without anthers, second whorl with anthers;

anthers straight after dehiscence, epidermis papillate;

styles 5.8–9 mm.

Capsules

cup-shaped to cylindric, 6–13.6 × 3.4–6 mm, base tapering to rounded, not longitudinally ridged.

cup-shaped, 4.9–10.3 × 4.6–8.6 mm, base rounded, not longitudinally ridged.

Seeds

coat anticlinal cell walls straight, papillae 4–9 per cell.

coat anticlinal cell walls straight to slightly wavy, papillae 8–14 per cell.

2n

= 22.

Mentzelia multicaulis

Mentzelia hualapaiensis

Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug. Flowering Mar–Jun(–Sep).
Habitat Sparsely vegetated steep slopes, drainage gullies, roadcuts. Rocky desert scrub, gravelly canyon bottoms, steep travertine, shaley slopes associated with Muav limestone formations.
Elevation 2000–2500 m. (6600–8200 ft.) 400–1400 m. (1300–4600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CO
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from FNA
AZ
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Discussion

Mentzelia multicaulis is known to occur in Eagle, Grand, and Summit counties.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Mentzelia hualapaiensis is distributed in Coconino and Mohave counties along the Grand Canyon and its side canyons between the Upper and Lower Granite Gorge.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 12, p. 511. FNA vol. 12, p. 502.
Parent taxa Loasaceae > Mentzelia > sect. Bartonia Loasaceae > Mentzelia > sect. Bartonia
Sibling taxa
M. affinis, M. albescens, M. albicaulis, M. argillicola, M. argillosa, M. aspera, M. asperula, M. candelariae, M. canyonensis, M. chrysantha, M. collomiae, M. congesta, M. conspicua, M. crocea, M. cronquistii, M. decapetala, M. densa, M. desertorum, M. dispersa, M. eremophila, M. filifolia, M. floridana, M. flumensevera, M. goodrichii, M. gracilenta, M. hirsutissima, M. holmgreniorum, M. hualapaiensis, M. humilis, M. integra, M. involucrata, M. inyoensis, M. isolata, M. jonesii, M. laciniata, M. laevicaulis, M. lagarosa, M. leucophylla, M. librina, M. lindheimeri, M. lindleyi, M. longiloba, M. marginata, M. memorabilis, M. mexicana, M. micrantha, M. mollis, M. monoensis, M. montana, M. multiflora, M. nitens, M. nuda, M. obscura, M. oligosperma, M. oreophila, M. pachyrhiza, M. packardiae, M. paradoxensis, M. pectinata, M. perennis, M. polita, M. procera, M. pterosperma, M. puberula, M. pumila, M. ravenii, M. reflexa, M. reverchonii, M. rhizomata, M. rusbyi, M. saxicola, M. shultziorum, M. sivinskii, M. speciosa, M. springeri, M. strictissima, M. thompsonii, M. tiehmii, M. todiltoensis, M. torreyi, M. tricuspis, M. tridentata, M. uintahensis, M. veatchiana
M. affinis, M. albescens, M. albicaulis, M. argillicola, M. argillosa, M. aspera, M. asperula, M. candelariae, M. canyonensis, M. chrysantha, M. collomiae, M. congesta, M. conspicua, M. crocea, M. cronquistii, M. decapetala, M. densa, M. desertorum, M. dispersa, M. eremophila, M. filifolia, M. floridana, M. flumensevera, M. goodrichii, M. gracilenta, M. hirsutissima, M. holmgreniorum, M. humilis, M. integra, M. involucrata, M. inyoensis, M. isolata, M. jonesii, M. laciniata, M. laevicaulis, M. lagarosa, M. leucophylla, M. librina, M. lindheimeri, M. lindleyi, M. longiloba, M. marginata, M. memorabilis, M. mexicana, M. micrantha, M. mollis, M. monoensis, M. montana, M. multicaulis, M. multiflora, M. nitens, M. nuda, M. obscura, M. oligosperma, M. oreophila, M. pachyrhiza, M. packardiae, M. paradoxensis, M. pectinata, M. perennis, M. polita, M. procera, M. pterosperma, M. puberula, M. pumila, M. ravenii, M. reflexa, M. reverchonii, M. rhizomata, M. rusbyi, M. saxicola, M. shultziorum, M. sivinskii, M. speciosa, M. springeri, M. strictissima, M. thompsonii, M. tiehmii, M. todiltoensis, M. torreyi, M. tricuspis, M. tridentata, M. uintahensis, M. veatchiana
Synonyms Touterea multicaulis
Name authority (Osterhout) J. Darlington: Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 21: 156. (1934) J. J. Schenk: W. C. Hodgson & L. Hufford, Brittonia 62: 1, figs. 1, 2A,C–E. (2010)
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