Plants Profile for Mentzelia albicaulis (whitestem blazingstar)

General Information
Symbol:	MEAL6
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Loasaceae
Duration:	Annual
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	CAN N L48 N
Data Source and Documentation

About our new maps

	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

click on a thumbnail to view an image, or see all the Mentzelia thumbnails at the Plants Gallery

©Al Schneider. Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. United States, CO, NM, AZ, UT, Four Corners vicinity, within 150 miles of the corners. Usage Requirements.

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, NV, Mineral Co. May 23, 2002. Usage Requirements.

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, CA, Sierra Co. Usage Requirements.

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, NV, Washoe Co. Usage Requirements.

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, NV, Washoe Co., Warm Springs Valley. May 24, 2003. Usage Requirements.

©Al Schneider. Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. United States, CO, NM, AZ, UT, Four Corners vicinity, within 150 miles of the corners. Usage Requirements.

Patrick J. Alexander. Usage Requirements.

Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, UT. Usage Requirements.

©Al Schneider. Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. United States, CO, NM, AZ, UT, Four Corners vicinity, within 150 miles of the corners. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 566. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
ACAL10	Acrolasia albicaulis (Hook.) Rydb.
ACGR16	Acrolasia gracilis Rydb.
MEALC	Mentzelia albicaulis (Hook.) Torr. & A. Gray var. ctenophora (Rydb.) H. St. John
MEALG	Mentzelia albicaulis (Hook.) Torr. & A. Gray var. gracilis (Rydb.) J. Darl.
MEALT	Mentzelia albicaulis (Hook.) Torr. & A. Gray var. tenerrima (Rydb.) H. St. John
MEGR3	Mentzelia gracilis (Rydb.) H.J. Thomp. & F.H. Lewis, non Urb. & Gilg
MEMO3	Mentzelia mojavensis H.J. Thomp. & Roberts
TRGR19	Trachyphytum gracile Nutt., nom. inval.

Classification

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.

Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
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 albicaulis (Hook.) Torr. & A. Gray – whitestem blazingstar

Subordinate Taxa

This plant has no children

Legal Status

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status