PLANTS Profile for Mentzelia pterosperma (wingseed blazingstar)

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PLANTS Profile

Mentzelia pterosperma Eastw.
wingseed blazingstar

Symbol:

MEPT

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Loasaceae

Duration:

Biennial
Perennial

Forb/herb

L48

More Information:

Images:
Mentzelia pterosperma Eastw.

Synonyms:
Mentzelia pterosperma Eastw.

NUPT

Nuttallia pterosperma (Eastw.) Greene

Distribution:
Mentzelia pterosperma Eastw.


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USA (AZ, CA, CO, NV, UT)

Related Taxa:
Mentzelia pterosperma Eastw.

View 4 genera in Loasaceae, 68 species in Mentzelia

Classification:
Mentzelia pterosperma Eastw.

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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 pterosperma Eastw. – wingseed blazingstar

More Accounts and Images:
Mentzelia pterosperma Eastw.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 503799.

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

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 09:05 AM CDT