Mentzelia veatchiana (Veatch's Blazing Star)

5/10/03 Devil's Punchbowl Natural Area, San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA

5/13/00 Devil's Punchbowl Natural Area

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Veatch's Blazing Star

SPECIES: Mentzelia veatchiana

FAMILY: Loasaceae (Stickleaf Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 5/13/2000

LOCATION: Devil's Punchbowl Natural Area, San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA

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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):

Annual, 3–45 cm, erect

Leaves 1–18 cm; basal deeply lobed, sinuses or lobes toothed; cauline toothed to lobed

Inflorescence: bract (ob)ovate, generally toothed, base whitish

Flower: sepals 1–5 mm; petals 4–8 mm, (yellow-)orange; stamens 3–7 mm, outer > inner; style 3–6 mm

Fruit 8–28 mm, generally straight (or curved < 70°)

Seed 1–2 mm, grain-like, pointed-papillate; angles acute

Ecology: Sandy grassland, scrub, oak/pine woodland

Elevation: 400–1900 m.  

Bioregional distribution: n High Sierra Nevada, Tehachapi Mountain Area, San Joaquin Valley, Inner South Coast Ranges, Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges, Great Basin Floristic Province, Desert 

Distribution outside California: Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, Baja California

Flowering time: Apr–Jun