Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Hydra Blazingstar, Hydra Stickleaf, Yellow Comet Stickleaf, Yellowcomet
Description
Physical Description
Habit: Forb/herb
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,966 meters (0 to 6,450 feet).[1]
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Annual
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Asteridae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Loasanae
()
- R. Dahlgren Ex Reveal, 1996
- Order:
Cornales
()
- Dumortier, 1829
- Family:
Loasaceae
()
- Juss., 1804, nom. cons.
- Subfamily:
Mentzelioideae
()
- Genus:
Mentzelia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1753
- Specific epithet:
affinis
- Greene
- Botanical name: - Mentzelia affinis Greene
- Specific epithet:
affinis
- Greene
- Genus:
Mentzelia
(
- Subfamily:
Mentzelioideae
(
- Family:
Loasaceae
(
- Order:
Cornales
(
- Superorder:
Loasanae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Acrolasia affinis (Greene) Rydb. • Acrolasia affinis Rydb.
Notes
Publishing author : Greene Publication : Pittonia ii. (June 1890) 103; et Man. Bot. San Franc. Bay (1894) 141.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Mentzelia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 104 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
M. affinis (Hydra Blazingstar) · M. albescens (Wavy-Leaf Stickleaf) · M. albicaulis (White Blazingstar) · M. albicaulis var. albicaulis (Whitestem Blazingstar) · M. argillicola (Pioche Blazingstar) · M. argillosa (Arapien Blazingstar) · M. aspera (Tropical Blazingstar) · M. asperula (Mountain Stickleaf) · M. candelariae (Candelaria Blazing-Star) · M. chrysantha (Gold Blazing Star) · M. congesta (United Blazingstar) · M. congesta var. congesta (Ventana Blazingstar) · M. conspicua (Conspicuous Blazingstar) · M. crocea (Sierra Blazingstar) · M. cronquistii (Cronquist's Blazingstar) · M. decapetala (Evening Star) · M. densa (Royal Gorge Blazingstar) · M. desertorum (Desert Blazingstar) · M. dispersa (Bushy Blazingstar) · M. dispersa S.Watson var. dispersa S.Watson (Bushy Blazingstar) · M. dispersa S.Watson var. latifolia (Rydb.) J.F.Macbr. (Bushy Blazingstar) · M. dispersa S.Watson var. obtusa Jeps. (Nevada Blazingstar) · M. dispersa var. compacta (Nevada Blazingstar) · M. dispersa var. dispersa (Bushy Blazingstar) · M. dispersa var. latifolia (Bushy Blazingstar) · M. dispersa var. obtusa (Nevada Blazingstar) · M. eremophila (Pinyon Blazingstar) · M. floridana (Poor-Man's Patch) · M. goodrichii (Goodrich Blazingstar) · M. gracilenta (Grass Blazingstar) · M. hirsutissima (Hairy Blazingstar) · M. humilis (Gypsum Blazing-Star) · M. incisa (Streambank Blazingstar) · M. involucrata (White Bract Stickleaf) · M. involucrata var. involucrata (Whitebract Blazingstar) · M. involucrata var. involucrata S.Watson (Whitebract Blazingstar) · M. involucrata var. megalantha (Whitebract Blazingstar) · M. involucrata var. megalantha I.M.Johnst. (Whitebract Blazingstar) · M. inyoensis (Inyo Blazingstar) · M. isolata (Isolated Blazingstar) · M. jonesii (Jones Stickleaf) · M. laciniata (Cut-Leaf Stickleaf) · M. laevicaulis (Blazing Star) · M. laevicaulis var. laevicaulis (Smoothstem Blazingstar) · M. laevicaulis var. parviflora (Smoothstem Blazingstar) · M. leucophylla (Ash Meadows Blazing Star) · M. lindheimeri (Lindheimer Stickleaf) · M. lindleyi (Blazing Star) · M. marginata (Colorado Blazingstar) · M. mexicana (Mexican Blazingstar) · M. micrantha (San Luis Blazingstar) · M. mollis (Smooth Blazingstar) · M. montana (Mountain Blazingstar) · M. multicaulis (Many-Stem Stickleaf) · M. multicaulis flumensevera (Manystem Blazingstar) · M. multicaulis var. librina (Manystem Blazingstar) · M. multicaulis var. multicaulis (Manystem Blazingstar) · M. multicaulis var. multicaulis (Osterh.) A.Nelson ex J.Darl. (Manystem Blazingstar) · M. multiflora (Adonis Blazing-Star) · M. multiflora var. integra (Adonis Blazingstar) · M. multiflora var. integra M.E.Jones (Adonis Blazingstar) · M. multiflora var. longiloba (Adonis Blazingstar) · M. multiflora var. multiflora (Multiflower Stickleaf) · M. nitens (Shining Blazingstar) · M. nitens var. leptocaulis (Shining Blazingstar) · M. nitens var. leptocaulis J.Darl. (Shining Blazingstar) · M. nitens var. nitens (California Blazingstar) · M. nitens var. nitens Greene (California Blazingstar) · M. nuda (Blazing Star) · M. nuda var. nuda (Bractless Blazingstar) · M. nuda var. stricta (Bractless Blazingstar) · M. obscura (Pacific Blazingstar) · M. oligosperma (Beggars Patches) · M. oreophila (Argus Blazingstar) · M. pachyrhiza (Coahuila Blazingstar) · M. packardiae (Packard's Blazingstar) · M. parviflora (Smoothstem Blazingstar) · M. pectinata (San Joaquin Blazing-Star) · M. perennis (Perennial Blazingstar) · M. polita (Polished Blazing-Star) · M. pterosperma (Wing-Seed Blazing-Star) · M. pumila (Desert Blazing Star) · M. pumila var. lagarosa (Dwarf Mentzelia) · M. pumila var. lagarosa Thorne (Dwarf Mentzelia) · M. pumila var. pumila (Golden Blazingstar) · M. pumila var. pumila Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray (Dwarf Mentzelia) · M. reflexa (Panamint Blazingstar) · M. reverchonii (Reverchon's Blazingstar) · M. rusbyi (Rusby Stickleaf) · M. saxicola (El Paso Blazingstar) · M. shultziorum (Shultz Stickleaf) · M. sinuata (Leechleaf Blazingstar) · M. speciosa (Jeweled Blazingstar) · M. springeri (Santa Fe Blazingstar) · M. strictissima (Grassland Blazingstar) · M. texana (Texas Blazingstar) · M. torreyi (Torrey Stickleaf) · M. torreyi Gray var. acerosa (M.E.Jones) Barneby (Torrey's Blazingstar) · M. torreyi Gray var. torreyi Gray (Torrey's Blazingstar) · M. torreyi var. acerosa (Torrey's Blazingstar)
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Further Reading
- A flora of California, by Willis Linn Jepson. San Francisco, Calif., Cunningham, Curtis & Welch, 1909- url p. 531.
- A flora of western middle California, Berkeley, Cal., Encina Publishing Company, 1901. url .
- Allan Hancock Pacific expeditions. [Reports] Los Angeles, University of Southern California Press. url p. 312, p. 384.
- An illustrated flora of the Pacific States: Washington, Oregon, and California. Stanford University, Stanford University Press, 1923-[60] url p. 134, p. 137, p. 138.
- Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1971- url p. 101.
- Catalog of hymenoptera in America north of Mexico / prepared cooperatively by specialists on the various groups of Hymenoptera under the direction of Karl V. Krombein. .. [et al.]. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979- url p. 1913, p. 1923, p. 1940.
- Erythea. a journal of botany, West American and general. 1 1893 Berkeley, Calif., University of California, 1893-1922. url p. 158.
- Flora of Los Angeles and vicinity / by LeRoy Abrams. Stanford University, Cal. 1917. url p. 235.
- Flora of Santa Catalina island (California) / Charles Frederick Millspaugh and Lawrence William Nuttall. 5 1923 Chicago, 1923. url p. 404.
- Leaflets of western botany. San Fransisco:[J. T. Howell], 1932-1966. url p. 67.
- Muhlenbergia. Chico, Calif. [etc] url p. 98.
- Occasional papers - San Diego Society of Natural History. 1949 San Diego, The Society. url p. 93, p. 93.
- Pamphlets on forestry in California. [1900?- url p. 121.
- Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 90.
- Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 1992 [San Diego, Calif.]: San Diego Society of Natural History, 1990- url p. 29.
- West Coast botany: an analytical key to the flora of the Pacific Coast in which are described over eighteen hundred species of flowering plants growing west of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade crests, from San Diego to Pug by Volney Rattan. San Francisco: Whitaker & Ray, 1898. url p. 42.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 19, 2007:
- Berkeley Natural History Museums, University and Jepson Herbaria DiGIR provider
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium
- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, The Deaver Herbarium, Northern Arizona University
- USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2668095
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-503755
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13760399
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:545365-1
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 503755
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 545365-1
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDLOA03010
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: MEAF2
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 49902
Footnotes
- Mean = 592.960 meters (1,945.407 feet), Standard Deviation = 464.640 based on 114 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
