Native Plants

Plant Database

Search for native plants by scientific name, common name or family. If you are not sure what you are looking for, try the Combination Search or our Recommended Species lists.

Enter a Plant Name:
Or you can choose a plant family:

Mentzelia linearifolia

Mentzelia linearifolia N.D. Atwood & S.L. Welsh

Narrow-leaved Blazing Star, Narrow-leaved Blazingstar, Needle-leaf Blazingstar

Loasaceae (Loasa family)

Synonym(s):

USDA Symbol: MELI13

USDA Native Status: L48 (N)

From the Image Gallery

No images of this plant

Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Fruit Type: Capsule
Size Notes: Up to about 20 inches tall.

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: Yellow
Bloom Time: Jun , Jul , Aug

Distribution

USA: NM
Native Habitat: Knolls, slopes, grassland roadsides, gypsum or brown clayey soils.

Web Reference

Webref 3 - Flora of North America (2014) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Webref 50 - New Mexico Rare Plants (2020) New Mexico Rare Plant Technical Council

Research Literature

Reslit 3065 - NEW PLANT TAXA FROM COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, AND ARIZONA (2013) N. Duane Atwood and Stanley L. Welsh

This information was provided by the Florida WIldflower Foundation.
Search More Titles in Research Literature

Additional resources

USDA: Find Mentzelia linearifolia in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Mentzelia linearifolia in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Mentzelia linearifolia

Metadata

Record Modified: 2020-11-04
Research By: CBR

Go back