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Mentzelia chrysantha
Gold blazingstar is a biennial or short-lived perennial wildflower native only to the Arkansas River Valley of Colorado, with yellow flowers from July to September. It needs hot, dry, open conditions similar to its native river valley.
Mentzelia chrysantha is a species of flowering plant in the Loasaceae known by the common names gold blazingstar and golden blazingstar. It is endemic to Colorado in the United States.
This species is a biennial or monocarpic perennial herb. The stem is up to 60 centimeters tall. It has leaves up to 15 centimeters long with toothed edges. The plant is coated in hairs. The flower has 10 yellow petals. Blooming occurs in July through September. The fruit is a capsule. This species is similar to Mentzelia reverchonii, which sometimes grows with it. The two can be distinguished by differences in the seeds.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
