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Goodrich's blazingstar

Mentzelia goodrichii

Goodrich's blazingstar
Photo: Sherel Goodrich, USFS employee per [1], Public domain
Family
Loasaceae (Loas family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Utah (Duchesne Co.)
Climate
temperate

About

Mentzelia goodrichii is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Loasaceae known by the common name Goodrich's blazingstar. It is endemic to Utah in the United States, where it is known only from Duchesne County.

This plant is a long-lived perennial herb forming clumps of branching, white stems up to about 30 centimeters tall. The inflorescence contains 1 to 3 flowers, each with 10 large yellow petals. Blooming occurs in July.

Other Mentzelia plants

Yellowcomet · Whitestem blazingstar · Tropical blazingstar · Candelaria blazingstar · Gold blazingstar · Sunset Crater blazingstar · United blazingstar · Sierra blazingstar · Tenpetal blazingstar · Royal Gorge blazingstar · Bushy blazingstar · Pinyon blazingstar

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mentzelia goodrichii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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