Mentzelia torreyi |
Mentzelia torreyi var. torreyi |
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Torrey's blazing star |
Torrey's blazingstar |
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Habit | Plants with ground-level or subterranean caudices. | |||||
Stems | 5–25 cm. |
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Leaves | petiole absent; blade ovate or obovate, to 45 × 35 mm, intersinus distance 2–4 mm. |
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Pedicels | 0(–1.5) mm. |
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Flowers | petals yellow to orange, narrowly spatulate to obovate, 4.5–17 × 1.2–5 mm, apex rounded; stamens 25–45, 7–21 mm; styles 7–18 mm. |
petals 8–17 mm, yellow; stamens 7–18 mm, longest to 1 mm longer than petals. |
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Capsules | 3–7 × 3–4.5 mm. |
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Seeds | 3–9 per capsule, edges prominently to inconspicuously ridged. |
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2n | = 28. |
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Mentzelia torreyi |
Mentzelia torreyi var. torreyi |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jul. | |||||
Habitat | Sagebrush and desert scrub. | |||||
Elevation | 1000–2200 m. (3300–7200 ft.) | |||||
Distribution |
CA; ID; NV
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CA; NV |
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 in flora). In the phylogenetic study by L. Hufford et al. (2003), Mentzelia torreyi was recovered as the sister to the rest of the genus. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 12, p. 530. | FNA vol. 12, p. 530. | ||||
Parent taxa | Loasaceae > Mentzelia > sect. Micromentzelia | Loasaceae > Mentzelia > sect. Micromentzelia > Mentzelia torreyi | ||||
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Name authority | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 72. (1874) | unknown | ||||
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