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Pinyon Blazingstar (Mentzelia eremophila)

Description

It is an annual herb producing an erect light brown to nearly white stem up to about 43 centimeters in maximum height. The leaves are divided deeply into lobes, the longest in the basal rosette approaching 10 centimeters long and those higher on the stem reduced in size. The inflorescence is a cluster of flowers each with five shiny yellow petals one to over two centimeters long. The fruit is a narrow, curving utricle up to 4 centimeters long which contains many tiny seeds. The grainlike seeds are each about a millimeter long and appear bumpy under magnification.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Cornales

            • Family: Loasaceae

              • Genus: Mentzelia