Mentzelia multiflora

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• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
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Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Physical Description

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Biennial, Perennial

Growth

Soil: Minimum pH: 6.1 • Maximum pH: 8.5

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full sun .

Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Bartonia multiflora Nutt.

Notes

Publishing author : A.Gray Publication : Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts ser. 2, 4(1): 48 1849 [10 Feb 1849]

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 catalogue of North American Diptera (or two-winged flies) / by J.M. Aldrich. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1905. url p. 156.
• A flora of California, by Willis Linn Jepson. San Francisco, Calif., Cunningham, Curtis & Welch, 1909- url p. 527, p. 528.
• A popular flora of Denver, Colorado, / by Alice Eastwood. San Francisco: Zoe Publishing Company. .., [1893]. url p. 17, p. 17.
• An illustrated flora of the Pacific States: Washington, Oregon, and California. Stanford University, Stanford University Press, 1923-[60] url p. 134, p. 135, p. 136.
• Annual report upon explorations and surveys in the department of the Missouri / Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1878. url p. 1836.
• Biologia centrali-americana; or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America. London, Pub. for the editors by R. H. Porter and Dulau & co., 1879-88. url .
• Botanical explorations in southern Texas during the season of 1894. [Lancaster, Pa.]The New Era Printing House, 1895. url p. 68.
• Botany. Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1871. url .
• Brooklyn Botanic Garden record. 18 1929 [Brooklyn]: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1912-44. url p. 13.
• Bulletin / Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station. Tucson: Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Arizona, 1890-1960. url p. 430.
• Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories / Department of the Interior. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1874- url p. 236, p. 245.
• Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1902- url , p. 87.
• 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 , , .
• Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 1 1890-1895 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 206, p. 224, p. 363, p. 38, p. 433, p. 540, p. 545, p. 556.
• Entomological news, and proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia[Entomological Rooms of the Academy of Natural Sciences] url p. 215, p. 215.
• Experimental pollination; an outline of the ecology of flowers and insects, by Frederic E. Clements and Frances L. Long. Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1923. url , p. 249, p. 250, p. 251, p. 258, p. 56.
• Field book of western wild flowers, by Margaret Armstrong in collaboration with J.J. Thornber. .. with five hundred illustrations in black and white, and forty-eight plates in color drawn from nature by the author. London, C. [sic] P. Putnam's Sons, 1915. url p. 590.
• Flora of Colorado, by P. A. Rydberg, PH. D. Fort Collins, Col., Experiment Station, 1906. url p. 235.
• Flora of Colorado, by P.A. Rydberg. Fort Collins, Col., Experiment Station, 1906. url p. 235.
• Flora of New Mexico. By E.O. Wooton and Paul C. Standley. WashingtonGovt. Print. Off.1915 url p. 433.
• Flora of the Rocky Mountains and adjacent plains, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and neighboring parts of Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, and British Columbia, by P.A. Rydberg. .. New York, The author, 1922. url p. 571.
• Great Basin naturalist memoirs. 1987 [Provo, Utah]Brigham Young University, 1976-1992. url p. 415.
• Journal of ethnobiology. 11 1991 Flagstaff, Ariz.: Center for Western Studies, 1981- url p. 241, p. 245, p. 247.
• Leaflets of western botany. San Fransisco:[J. T. Howell], 1932-1966. url .
• Mogollon cultural continuity and change; the stratigraphic analysis of Tularosa and Cordova Caves / [by] Paul S. Martin, Chief Curator, Department of Anthropology, et al. Chicago:Chicago Natural History Museum, 1952. url p. 524.
• National list of scientific plant names. [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, 1982- url p. 262.
• New manual of botany of the central Rocky mountains (vascular plants) Cincinnati [etc.]American Book Company[c1909] url , .
• Novon a journal of botanical nomenclature from the Missouri Botanical Garden. 7 1997 St. Louis, MO: Missouri Botanical Garden, url p. 25, p. 26.
• Phytologia memoirs. Plainfield, N.J.: H.N. Moldenke and A.L. Moldenke, 1980- url p. 163.
• Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 23, p. 24, p. 25, p. 27, p. 28, p. 29, p. 30, p. 31.
• Pittonia: a series of papers relating to botany and botanists /by Edward L. Greene. 3 1896 Berkeley, Calif. [etc.]: Doxey & Co. [etc.], 1887-1905. url p. 99.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 8 1885 Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 471.
• Report of the geological exploration of the fortieth parallel / Washington, D.C.: G.P.O., 1870-80 url p. 421.
• Rocky mountain flowers; an illustrated guide for plantlovers and plant-users; with twenty-five plates in color and twenty-one plates in black and white [by] Frederic Edward Clements...and Edith Schwartz Clements... 1914 New York city, the H.W. Wilson company, 1914. url explanation of plate 32.
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• The Great Basin naturalist. 41 1981 Provo, Utah: M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, 1939-1999. url p. 113, p. 115, p. 162, p. 176, p. 455, p. 46, p. 85.
• The University of Kansas science bulletin. 42 1961 [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. url p. 481.
• The University of Missouri studies. [Columbia]: The University, 1905-1918. url p. 321.
• The West American scientist. San Diego, Calif.: C.R. Orcutt, 1884-1919. url .
• The flora of Boulder, Colorado, and vicinity, by Francis Potter Daniels. .. [Columbia, Mo.]The University of Missouri, 1911. url p. 173.
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• Year book - Carnegie Institution of Washington. Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington url p. 341.
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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 7 providers.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Dec 27, 2011.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 29, 2008)
• USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:

• Arizona State University, International Institute for Species Exploration: Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium
• Arizona State University, International Institute for Species Exploration: The Deaver Herbarium, Northern Arizona University
• Australian National Herbarium (CANB)
• Berkeley Natural History Museums: University and Jepson Herbaria DiGIR provider
• Missouri Botanical Garden
• University of Colorado Museum: Zoological specimens
• USDA PLANTS: USDA PLANTS Database
• Utah State University: USU-UTC Specimen Database
• Utah Valley State College (UVSC): Utah Valley State College Herbarium

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2668128
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-503788
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:545445-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 448204
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 503788
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 157468-2
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDLOA03130
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: MEPUI MEMU
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 49984

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