- Mentzelia montana
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Mentzelia montana Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Cornales Family: Loasaceae Genus: Mentzelia Species: M. montana Binomial name Mentzelia montana
DavidsonMentzelia montana is a species of flowering plant in the family Loasaceae known by the common name variegated bract blazingstar. It is native to much of western North America including the western United States and northern Mexico. It is a member of the flora in many types of habitat.
This is an annual herb producing an erect stem approaching half a meter in maximum height. The leaves are mostly unlobed, the longest in the basal rosette up to 13 centimeters long and those higher on the stem reduced in size.
The inflorescence is a narrow series of clusters of small flowers, each flower accompanied by a single toothed bract with a white base and green tip. The five yellow petals of the flower are up to 7 millimeters long and are sometimes marked with red at the bases. The fruit is a narrow utricle up to 2 centimeters containing several tiny, angular seeds.
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Categories:- Mentzelia
- Flora of the Western United States
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada region (U.S.)
- Flora of California chaparral and woodlands
- Flora of the Great Basin desert region
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Asterid stubs
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