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Mentzelia veatchiana
Also called Whitestem Blazingstar, Whitestem Stickleaf
Veatch's blazingstar is a branched, hairy annual wildflower native to the western US and northwest Mexico, with orange to yellow flowers. It is grown from seed and does best in dry, sunny, open ground.
Mentzelia veatchiana is a species of flowering plant in the family Loasaceae known by the common name Veatch's blazingstar.
It is native to the western United States from Oregon and southern Idaho, south through California and Arizona, to northwestern Mexico in Baja California and Sonora. It grows in many types of habitat, from grassland to chaparral scrub, woodland, and deserts, mostly below 8,000 feet (2,400 m) elevation.
Veatch's blazingstar is native to the far western United States and northwestern Mexico. In the US it grows in Oregon, California, Nevada, and Arizona. In Mexico the species is found in just Baja California and Sonora.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mentzelia veatchiana 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.
