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Mentzelia laevicaulis (blazingstar mentzelia; smoothstem blazingstar)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Mentzelia laevicaulis is a showy wildflower native to western North America. Its common names include giant blazingstar and smoothstem blazingstar. This is a widespread plant which can be found in sandy, rocky, and disturbed areas, such as roadsides.
View Wikipedia Record: Mentzelia laevicaulis

Infraspecies

Mentzelia laevicaulis var. laevicaulis
Mentzelia laevicaulis var. parviflora (Smoothstem blazingstar)

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Lifespan [2]  Biennial/Perennial
Structure [3]  Herb

Protected Areas

Predators

Anoncia leucoritis[4]
Anoncia psepsa[4]
Copablepharon album[4]

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
♦ 4HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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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