Mentzelia reverchonii

(Urban & Gilg) H. J. Thompson & Zavortink

Wrightia 4: 24. 1968.

Common names: Reverchon’s blazingstar
Basionym: Mentzelia pumila var. reverchonii Urban & Gilg Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 76: 94. 1900
Synonyms: M. hintoniorum B. L. Turner & A. L. Hempel Nuttallia reverchonii (Urban & Gilg) W. A. Weber
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 519. Mentioned on page 501.

Plants biennial or perennial, candelabra-form, perennials with ground-level caudices. Stems solitary, erect, straight; branches distal, distal longest, antrorse, straight to upcurved; hairy. Leaves: blade 24.2–54 × 6.6–29 mm, widest intersinus distance 5.4–13.5(–22.4) mm; proximal oblanceolate to elliptic, margins dentate to pinnate, teeth or lobes 10–20, perpendicular to leaf axis, 1.1–5 mm; distal lanceolate, base not clasping, margins dentate, teeth 8–14, perpendicular to leaf axis, 0.6–3.8 mm; abaxial surface with simple grappling-hook, complex grappling-hook, and occasionally needlelike trichomes, adaxial surface with simple grappling-hook and needlelike trichomes. Bracts: margins usually toothed, occasionally entire. Flowers: petals golden yellow, (9.6–)11.1–14.1(–22) × 2.5–4.2(–5.5) mm, apex acute to rounded, glabrous abaxially; stamens golden yellow, 5 outermost petaloid, filaments narrowly spatulate, slightly clawed, 9.4–13.4(–20) × 2.2–3.7(–5) mm, without anthers, second whorl with anthers; anthers straight after dehiscence, epidermis smooth; styles 8.7–11.4(–13) mm. Capsules usually cylindric, rarely cup-shaped, 9.4–22 × 6–9.1 mm, length usually more than, occasionally a few slightly less than, 2 times diam., base tapering, not longitudinally ridged. Seeds: coat anticlinal cell walls straight, papillae 5–7 per cell. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–Oct.
Habitat: Grasslands on eroded riverbanks, roadsides, roadcuts, sparsely vegetated hillside slopes, sandy, gravelly, clayey, occasionally gypsum soils.
Elevation: 50–600 m.

Distribution

V12 93-distribution-map.jpg

Colo., N.Mex., Okla., Tex., Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León).

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Mentzelia reverchonii"
John J. Schenk +  and Larry Hufford +
(Urban & Gilg) H. J. Thompson & Zavortink +
Mentzelia pumila var. reverchonii +
Reverchon’s blazingstar +
Colo. +, N.Mex. +, Okla. +, Tex. +, Mexico (Coahuila +  and Nuevo León). +
50–600 m. +
Grasslands on eroded riverbanks, roadsides, roadcuts, sparsely vegetated hillside slopes, sandy, gravelly, clayey, occasionally gypsum soils. +
Flowering Apr–Oct. +
M. hintoniorum +  and Nuttallia reverchonii +
Mentzelia reverchonii +
Mentzelia sect. Bartonia +
species +