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Mentzelia dispersa (scattered blazingstar; bushy blazingstar; Nevada blazingstar)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Mentzelia dispersa is a species of flowering plant in the family Loasaceae known by the common name bushy blazingstar. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to the Dakotas, where it grows in many types of habitat.
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Infraspecies

Mentzelia dispersa var. compacta (Nevada blazingstar)
Mentzelia dispersa var. latifolia
Mentzelia dispersa var. obtusa

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Lifespan [2]  Annual
Structure [3]  Herb

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Death Valley National Park II 762125 California, Nevada, United States
Devils Tower National Monument V 1361 Wyoming, United States
Mojave and Colorado Deserts Biosphere Reserve 5901 California, United States  
San Dimas Biosphere Reserve 17161 California, United States  
Yellowstone Biosphere Reserve II 2196863 Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, United States

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0