PLANTS Profile for Mentzelia dispersa (bushy blazingstar)

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PLANTS Profile

Mentzelia dispersa S. Watson
bushy blazingstar

Symbol:

MEDI

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Loasaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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©Gary A. Monroe. United States, CA, Sierra Co. May 23, 2002. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Mentzelia dispersa S. Watson

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Distribution:
Mentzelia dispersa S. Watson


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CA, CO, ID, MT, ND, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY), CAN (BC)

Related Taxa:
Mentzelia dispersa S. Watson

View 4 genera in Loasaceae, 67 species in Mentzelia or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Mentzelia dispersa var. compacta
Nevada blazingstar

Mentzelia dispersa var. dispersa
bushy blazingstar

Mentzelia dispersa var. latifolia
bushy blazingstar

Mentzelia dispersa var. obtusa
Nevada blazingstar

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Mentzelia dispersa S. Watson

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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 dispersa S. Watson – bushy blazingstar

More Accounts and Images:
Mentzelia dispersa S. Watson

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 503769.

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

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

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Related Web Sites:
Mentzelia dispersa S. Watson

UC Davis, IPM: abstract & images

Time Generated: 09/20/2008 01:42 AM MDT