Mentzelia lindheimeri Urb. & Gilg

Lindheimer's blazingstar (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Cornales > Loasaceae > Mentzelia

Characteristics

Plants perennial, with caudices. Stems erect to decumbent or clambering, to 50 cm. Leaves: petiole to 35 mm; blade usually hastate to ovate, sometimes smallest distal elliptic, basally lobed or unlobed, to 12 × 7.5 cm, base truncate to obtusely cuneate, margins serrate, dentate, or crenulate, apex acute. Pedicels (fruiting) 1–5 × less than 1 mm. Flowers: petals yellow to orange, 6.5–17 × 4–9.5 mm, apex cuspidate, hairy on apex and abaxially near apex; stamens (10–)20–45, 5–12(–20) mm, filaments monomorphic, filiform; style 3.5–13 mm. Capsules usually clavate to funnelform, sometimes slightly ovoid, 8–18 × 3.3–4.5 mm, base rounded or cuneate, capsule and pedicel well-differentiated. Seeds (4–)5–10 per capsule, pyriform, without transverse folds. 2n = 20.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) -
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 5 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Mentzelia lindheimeri world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:157455-2
WFO ID wfo-0001073567
COL ID 3ZSKD
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Mentzelia lindheimeri