Mentzelia nitens Calflora

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Taxon Report

Mentzelia nitens Greene

Shining blazing star, Shining blazingstar, Venus blazing star

1999 Larry Blakely

2008 Steve Matson

Mentzelia nitens is an annual herb that is native to California, and found only slightly beyond California borders.


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Genus:	Mentzelia
Family:	Loasaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: Creosote Bush Scrub, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

More information about Mentzelia nitens


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (MENI2) BONAP Distribution Map	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape Photos on PlantID.net Google Images Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria. [web application]. 2022. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 09/27/2022).