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Mentzelia tricuspis
Also called Desert Blazingstar, Spiny Hair Blazing Star, Spinyhair Stickleaf
Spinyhair blazingstar is a small annual wildflower of the Loasaceae family, native to deserts and dry scrub of the southwestern United States, growing to about 27 cm with cream-colored flowers. It is a wild desert species rather than a common garden plant, so it suits native or xeric wildflower plantings where it is allowed to self-seed.
Mentzelia tricuspis is a species of flowering plant in the family Loasaceae known by the common name spinyhair blazingstar.
It is native to the Southwestern United States and California where it grows in deserts, such as the Sonoran Desert, and adjacent mountains in scrub and woodland habitats.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mentzelia tricuspis 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.
