Mentzelia pterosperma

Eastwood

Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 2, 6: 290. 1896.

Common names: Wing-seed blazingstar
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 517. Mentioned on page 501, 518.

Plants winter-annual or biennial, candelabra-form. Stems solitary, erect, straight; branches distal, distal longest, antrorse, straight, hairy. Leaves: blade 13.8–78 × 3.8–20 mm, widest intersinus distance 2.5–15.8 mm; proximal oblanceolate to elliptic, margins entire or serrate to pinnate, teeth or lobes (0–) 8–14 (–22), slightly antrorse, 0.3–5.3 mm; distal elliptic to lanceolate, base usually clasping, rarely a few not clasping, margins usually serrate to pinnate, occasionally entire, teeth or lobes (0–) 6–18, slightly antrorse, 2.8–4.3 (–6.1) mm; abaxial surface with simple grappling-hook, occasionally complex grappling-hook, and rarely needlelike trichomes, adaxial surface occasionally with simple grappling-hook and needlelike trichomes. Bracts: margins usually entire, rarely pinnate. Flowers: petals golden yellow, 6.4–17 (–20) × 2–5.3 mm, apex usually acute, occasionally rounded, glabrous abaxially; stamens golden yellow, 5 outermost petaloid, filaments linear to oblanceolate, slightly clawed, 6.2–14.2 (–17.5) × 1–3.9 mm, usually without, rarely with, anthers, second whorl with anthers; anthers straight after dehiscence, epidermis smooth; styles 6–11 mm. Capsules cupshaped, 7.3–13.7 × 5.5–9.8 mm, base rounded, not longitudinally ridged. Seeds: coat anticlinal cell-walls straight, papillae 5–18 per cell. 2n = 22.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–Jun(–Jul).
Habitat: Disturbed soils, washes, sand dunes, roadcuts, badland knolls, clayey soils, gravelly soils with sandy or gypsum-rich clay.
Elevation: 300–1900 m.

Distribution

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Ariz., Calif., Colo., Nev., Utah.

Discussion

Mentzelia pterosperma occurs in the Colorado Plateau and Mojave Desert. Mojave Desert populations occur from eastern San Bernardino and southeastern Inyo counties, California, through Clark County, Nevada. Colorado Plateau populations are common in northern Arizona and extend northward to Utah and western Colorado. Populations in Utah occur in habitats composed of gravelly soils that are sandy or gypsum-rich clay, whereas Arizona and Nevada populations occur primarily on clayey soils, which sometimes contain gypsum.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

No values specified."not elongating" is not a number.

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petaloid +  and heteromorphic +
1.42 cm14.2 mm <br />0.0142 m <br /> (1.75 cm17.5 mm <br />0.0175 m <br />) +
0.62 cm6.2 mm <br />0.0062 m <br /> (1.42 cm14.2 mm <br />0.0142 m <br />) +
clawed +, linear +  and oblanceolate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.39 cm3.9 mm <br />0.0039 m <br />) +
rounded +  and acute +
John J. Schenk +  and Larry Hufford +
Eastwood +
not clasping +  and clasping +
ridged +  and rounded +
Mentzelia +
1.38 cm13.8 mm <br />0.0138 m <br /> (7.8 cm78 mm <br />0.078 m <br />) +
unlobed;lobed;orbiculate;obovate;unlobed;lobed;orbiculate;obovate;unlobed;lobed;orbiculate;obovate;oblanceolate;spatulate;linear;lanceolate;elliptic;ovate;cordate;deltate;hastate +
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0.73 cm7.3 mm <br />0.0073 m <br /> (1.37 cm13.7 mm <br />0.0137 m <br />) +
cup-shaped +
0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br /> (0.98 cm9.8 mm <br />0.0098 m <br />) +
Wing-seed blazingstar +
elliptic;lanceolate +
Ariz. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Nev. +  and Utah. +
300–1900 m. +
curved +  and straight +
s--shaped +, clavate +, urceolate +, ovoid +, cylindric +, subcylindric +, lingulate +  and cup-shaped +
simple +  and complex +
Disturbed soils, washes, sand dunes, roadcuts, badland knolls, clayey soils, gravelly soils with sandy or gypsum-rich clay. +
free +  and adnate +
unlobed +  and filiform +
cauline +  and basal +
0.43 cm4.3 mm <br />0.0043 m <br /> (0.61 cm6.1 mm <br />0.0061 m <br />) +
0.28 cm2.8 mm <br />0.0028 m <br /> (0.43 cm4.3 mm <br />0.0043 m <br />) +
pinnate +, entire +  and usually serrate +
apical +, subapical +  and inferior +
perpendicular +  and oriented +
inconspicuous +
1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
golden yellow +
connate +  and distinct +
6.4mm;17mm +
spreading +  and erect +
hairy +  and glabrous +
obovate +, oblanceolate +, elliptic +, ovate +  and spatulate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.53 cm5.3 mm <br />0.0053 m <br />) +
Flowering Apr–Jun(–Jul). +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. +
flattened +  and ovoid +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
persistent +
lanceolate +  and narrowly ovate +
golden yellow +
adnate +, free +  and distinct +
included +  and exserted +
straight +
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3-lobed +  and lingulate +
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0.28 cm2.8 mm <br />0.0028 m <br /> (0.43 cm4.3 mm <br />0.0043 m <br />) +
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biennial +  and winter-annual +