PLANTS Profile for Mentzelia albicaulis (whitestem blazingstar)

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Mentzelia albicaulis (Hook.) Torr. & A. Gray
whitestem blazingstar

Symbol:

MEAL6

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Loasaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Mentzelia albicaulis (Hook.) Torr. & A. Gray

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, CA, Sierra Co. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Mentzelia albicaulis (Hook.) Torr. & A. Gray

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Synonyms:
Mentzelia albicaulis (Hook.) Torr. & A. Gray

	ACAL10	Acrolasia albicaulis (Hook.) Rydb.
	ACGR16	Acrolasia gracilis Rydb.
	MEALC	Mentzelia albicaulis (Hook.) Torr. & A. Gray var. ctenophora (Rydb.) H. St. John
	MEALG	Mentzelia albicaulis (Hook.) Torr. & A. Gray var. gracilis (Rydb.) J. Darl.
	MEALT	Mentzelia albicaulis (Hook.) Torr. & A. Gray var. tenerrima (Rydb.) H. St. John
	MEGR3	Mentzelia gracilis (Rydb.) H.J. Thomp. & F.H. Lewis, non Urb. & Gilg
	MEMO3	Mentzelia mojavensis H.J. Thomp. & Roberts
	TRGR19	Trachyphytum gracile Nutt., nom. inval.

Distribution:
Mentzelia albicaulis (Hook.) Torr. & A. Gray


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USA (AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NE, NM, NV, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY), CAN (BC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Mentzelia albicaulis (Hook.) Torr. & A. Gray

View 4 genera in Loasaceae, 68 species in Mentzelia

Classification:
Mentzelia albicaulis (Hook.) Torr. & A. Gray

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Violales
Family	Loasaceae – Loasa family
Genus	Mentzelia L. – blazingstar
Species	Mentzelia albicaulis (Hook.) Torr. & A. Gray – whitestem blazingstar

More Accounts and Images:
Mentzelia albicaulis (Hook.) Torr. & A. Gray

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 503757.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 07:55 PM CDT