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Mentzelia multiflora (manyflowered mentzelia; desert blazingstar; Adonis blazingstar; Adonis stickleaf)

Synonyms: Bartonia multiflora (homotypic); Hesperaster multiflorus (homotypic); Mentzelia pumila var. multiflora (homotypic); Nuttallia multiflora (homotypic); Touterea multiflora (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Mentzelia multiflora, commonly known as Adonis blazingstar, Adonis stickleaf, desert blazingstar, Prairie stickleaf and manyflowered mentzelia is a herbaceous perennial wildflower of the family Loasaceae.
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Infraspecies

Mentzelia multiflora var. integra
Mentzelia multiflora var. multiflora

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [3]  Herb
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Arches National Park II 76539 Utah, United States
Canyonlands National Park II 335430 Utah, United States
Carlsbad Caverns National Park II 15448 New Mexico, United States
Grand Canyon National Park II 1210128 Arizona, United States

Predators

Callospermophilus lateralis (golden-mantled ground squirrel)[4]

Providers

Pollinated by 
Apis mellifera (honey bee)[5]
Bombus bifarius (Two Form Bumble Bee)[5]
Bombus occidentalis (Western Bumble Bee)[5]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 4Spermophilus lateralis, Molly A. Bartels and Doug P. Thompson, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 440, pp. 1-8 (1993)
♦ 5Clements, R. E., and F. L. Long. 1923, Experimental pollination. An outline of the ecology of flowers and insects. Washington, D.C., USA, Carnegie Institute of Washington.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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