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Adonis blazingstar, Adonis stickleaf, desert stickleaf, many-flower western star

Goodrich's blazingstar

Habit Plants biennial, candelabra-form. Plants perennial, bushlike, with subterranean caudices or rhizomes.
Stems

solitary, erect, straight;

branches distal, distal longest, antrorse, upcurved; hairy.

multiple, erect or decumbent, zigzag or straight;

branches along entire stem, distal longest, antrorse, straight; hairy.

Leaves

blade 35.9–125(–146) × 2.2–26.2 mm, widest intersinus distance 2.1–11.9(–14) mm, always on some leaves 4+ mm;

proximal oblanceolate, lanceolate, or elliptic, margins pinnate, lobes 14–30, slightly antrorse or perpendicular to leaf axis, 1.5–4.6(–8.9) mm;

distal lanceolate, base not clasping, margins pinnate, lobes 10–26, slightly antrorse or perpendicular to leaf axis, 1.3–9.5 mm;

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

blade 23–35.3 × 6.5–13(–16) mm, widest intersinus distance 3.7–11.3 mm;

proximal oblanceolate, margins dentate, teeth 4–10, perpendicular to leaf axis, 0.5–1.8 mm;

distal elliptic to lanceolate, base not clasping, margins dentate to pinnate, teeth or lobes 4–8, perpendicular to leaf axis, 1.3–3.6 mm;

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

Bracts

margins entire or toothed to pinnate.

margins entire.

Flowers

petals light to golden yellow, (11.4–)13.8–24.4(–26.9) × 4–7.5 mm, apex rounded, glabrous abaxially;

stamens light to golden yellow, 5 outermost petaloid, filaments narrowly spatulate, slightly clawed, (10.6–)12–21.7 × 2.1–5.1 mm, without anthers, second whorl with anthers;

anthers straight after dehiscence, epidermis smooth;

styles 7.7–15.8 mm.

petals golden yellow, 16.1–18.5 × 6.7–9.2 mm, apex rounded, glabrous abaxially;

stamens golden yellow, 5 outermost petaloid, filaments narrowly spatulate, slightly clawed, 7.8–9.3 × 2.3–3.3 mm, with anthers, second whorl with anthers;

anthers straight after dehiscence, epidermis smooth;

styles 6.3–8.6 mm.

Capsules

cylindric, 11.2–24.7 × 5.6–8.7 mm, base tapering to rounded, not longitudinally ridged.

cup-shaped, 8–12 × 6–7.2 mm, base rounded, not longitudinally ridged.

Seeds

coat anticlinal cell walls sinuous, papillae 34–48 per cell.

coat anticlinal cell walls straight, papillae 11–15 per cell.

2n

= 18.

Mentzelia multiflora

Mentzelia goodrichii

Phenology Flowering Jul–Sep. Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat Dry roadsides, hillsides, washes, clayey, rocky, or sandy soils. Steep slopes composed of Green River Formation shale.
Elevation 1200–2100 m. (3900–6900 ft.) 1900–2700 m. (6200–8900 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CO; NE; NM; WY
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from FNA
UT
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Discussion

Mentzelia multiflora has been considered one of the most widespread species in sect. Bartonia, a result of treating the species as a "garbage bin" for populations that lack features characteristic of more specialized species. The phylogenetic study by J. J. Schenk and L. Hufford (2011) showed that populations consistent with the type of M. multiflora are centered in the southern Rocky Mountains, especially along their eastern front, and the species notably does not occur in Arizona, California, Nevada, or Utah, in which it regularly has been described in regional floras. In the intermountain region, many specimens previously determined as M. multiflora are M. longiloba. In southeastern New Mexico and Texas, many specimens previously determined as M. multiflora are likely to be M. procera or M. longiloba var. chihuahuaensis.

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

Mentzelia goodrichii is known only from Duchesne County.

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

Source FNA vol. 12, p. 523. FNA vol. 12, p. 513.
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. multicaulis, 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. 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. 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 Bartonia multiflora, M. lutea, Nuttallia multiflora
Name authority (Nuttall) A. Gray: Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 4: 48. (1849) K. H. Thorne & S. L. Welsh: Rhodora 95: 407, fig. 14. (1993)
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