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Mentzelia micrantha
Also called Small Flowered Stickleaf
San Luis blazingstar is a small native annual wildflower of California and Baja California chaparral and hillsides, grown from seed with small yellow flowers. It is best sown directly where it is to grow, in full sun and lean, well-drained soil.
Mentzelia micrantha is a species of flowering plant in the family Loasaceae known by the common name San Luis blazingstar.
It is native to the coastal mountain ranges of western North America from just north of the San Francisco Bay Area to Baja California. It grows in several types of mountain slope and hillside habitat, including chaparral and sometimes disturbed areas.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mentzelia micrantha by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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.
