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Mentzelia
Mentzelia is a genus of about 60-70 species of flowering plants in the family Loasaceae, native to the Americas. The genus comprises annual, biennial, and perennial herbaceous plants and a few shrubs.
15 branches of this group, most-observed first
Stick-Leaf
speciesMentzelia oligosperma
tropical blazingstar
speciesMentzelia aspera
Poorman's Patch
speciesMentzelia floridana
Mentzelia scabra
speciesMentzelia scabra
Organ Mountain Blazingstar
speciesMentzelia asperula
isolated blazingstar
speciesMentzelia isolata
Mentzelia parvifolia
speciesMentzelia parvifolia
Lindheimer's Stickleaf
speciesMentzelia lindheimeri
Texas Blazingstar
speciesMentzelia texana
Coahuila Blazingstar
speciesMentzelia pachyrhiza
Mentzelia heterosepala
speciesMentzelia heterosepala
Mentzelia angurate
speciesMentzelia angurate
Mentzelia gypsophila
speciesMentzelia gypsophila
Mentzelia sericea
speciesMentzelia sericea
Mentzelia pattersonii
speciesMentzelia pattersonii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1261940.