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Mentzelia nitens
Also called Shining Stickleaf
Shining blazingstar is a small annual wildflower from the Mojave Desert of California and Nevada, grown for its bright yellow flowers. It is rarely cultivated, and it does best in hot, dry, well-drained conditions that mimic its native desert habitat.
Mentzelia nitens is a species of flowering plant in the family Loasaceae known by the common names shining blazingstar and Venus blazingstar. It is native to the Mojave Desert and adjacent desert and mountain areas of eastern California and southern Nevada.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mentzelia nitens 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.
