Mentzelia polita

Mentzelia polita
Mentzelia polita
fruits
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Cornales
Family: Loasaceae
Genus: Mentzelia
Species: M. polita
Binomial name
Mentzelia polita
A.Nelson

Mentzelia polita is a species of flowering plant in the family Loasaceae known by the common name polished blazingstar. It is native to the southwestern United States, where it grows in desert mountains, washes, and other dry habitat.

Description

It is a perennial herb producing a peeling white stem from a caudex, reaching up to about 30 centimeters in maximum height. The lance-shaped leaves are a few centimeters long and have no teeth or lobes.

The inflorescence is a cluster of flowers with pale yellow to nearly white petals up to 1.4 centimeters long. The fruit is a cup-shaped utricle under a centimeter wide which contains many lens-shaped, bumpy seeds about 3 millimeters wide.

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  • Mentzelia polita — ID 53259 Symbol Key MEPO2 Common Name polished blazingstar Family Loasaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AZ, CA, NV, UT Growth Habit Subshrub, Forb/herb …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Mentzelia polita A. Nelson — Symbol MEPO2 Common Name polished blazingstar Botanical Family Loasaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Mentzelia — Mentz …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Mentzelia — For the brachiopod genus, see Mentzelia (brachiopod). Mentzelia Mentzelia lindleyi Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

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