Difference between revisions of "Mentzelia multicaulis"

(Osterhout) J. Darlington

Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 21: 156. 1934.

Common names: Multiple-branched or manystem blazingstar
Selected by author to be illustratedEndemic
Basionym: Touterea multicaulis Osterhout
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 511. Mentioned on page 500.
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Revision as of 15:43, 18 September 2019

Plants perennial, bushlike, with subterranean caudices or sometimes rhizomes. Stems multiple, erect or decumbent, zigzag or straight; branches distal or along entire stem, distal longest or all ± equal, antrorse, straight to upcurved; hairy. Leaves: blade 20–49(–57) × 4.2–19 mm, widest intersinus distance 1.1–5.3 mm; proximal oblanceolate to elliptic, margins pinnate to pinnatisect, lobes 4–10, slightly antrorse, 0.7–7.6 mm; distal linear to lanceolate, base not clasping, margins entire or pinnate, lobes 0–10, slightly antrorse, 1.9–7.8 mm; abaxial surface with simple grappling-hook trichomes, adaxial surface with grappling-hook and needlelike trichomes. Bracts: margins entire. Flowers: petals golden yellow, 10.6–17.9 × 5.1–9 mm, apex obtuse, glabrous abaxially; stamens golden yellow, 5 outermost petaloid, filaments oblanceolate, slightly clawed, 6.5–10.5 × 2–4.5 mm, with anthers, second whorl with anthers; anthers twisted or straight after dehiscence, epidermis smooth; styles 6–11.5 mm. Capsules cup-shaped to cylindric, 6–13.6 × 3.4–6 mm, base tapering to rounded, not longitudinally ridged. Seeds: coat anticlinal cell walls straight, papillae 4–9 per cell. 2n = 22.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat: Sparsely vegetated steep slopes, drainage gullies, roadcuts.
Elevation: 2000–2500 m.

Discussion

Mentzelia multicaulis is known to occur in Eagle, Grand, and Summit counties.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Mentzelia multicaulis"
John J. Schenk +  and Larry Hufford +
(Osterhout) J. Darlington +
Touterea multicaulis +
Multiple-branched or manystem blazingstar +
2000–2500 m. +
Sparsely vegetated steep slopes, drainage gullies, roadcuts. +
Flowering Jun–Aug. +
Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. +
Selected by author to be illustrated +  and Endemic +
Mentzelia multicaulis +
Mentzelia sect. Bartonia +
species +