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Label

Accession No. 08453 
Family Loasaceae 
Species Mentzelia albicaulis (Douglas ex Hook.) Douglas ex Torr. & Gray
Common name "whitestem blazingstar"
Collector Information D.M. Barnes  (3214)  29 April 2003
Geography United States,  Utah, Washington County
Lat./Long. 37°  14' 16" N, 113°  38 ' 11" W at 4232 feet (1290 m)
Locality Highway 18, Snow Canyon, White Rocks Trail. 
Ecology in sand at base of sandstone outcrop. 
Climate NCDC temperatures, daily high (red), daily average (green) and daily low (blue), from 1970 to 2000 at this location.   NCDC average monthly precipitation from 1970 to 2000 at this location.

Taxonomy


Synonyms recognized by ITIS (bold taxon is currently accepted):

     Mentzelia albicaulis (Dougl. ex Hook.) Dougl. ex Torr. & Gray
     Acrolasia albicaulis (Dougl. ex Hook.) Rydb.
     Mentzelia albicaulis var. ctenophora (Rydb.) St. John
     Mentzelia albicaulis var. gracilis J. Darl.
     Mentzelia albicaulis var. tenerrima (Rydb.) St. John
     Mentzelia gracilis H.J. Thompson & Lewis non Urban & Gilg
     Mentzelia mojavensis H.J. Thompson & Roberts

Common Name(s): white blazingstar, whitestem blazingstar, whitestem stickleaf.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=503757, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Dilleniidae
                            Order: Violales
                                Family: Loasaceae
                                    Genus: Mentzelia
                                        Species: Mentzelia albicaulis
                                                                                            

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
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Images of other samples of the same species:
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Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
08447 Bromus rubens      "red brome" same section
08449 Castilleja chromosa      "common paintbrush" same section
08446 Centrostegia thurberi      "Thurber's spineflower" same section
08457 Chamaesyce fendleri      "Fendler's sandmat" same section
08455 Cryptantha confertiflora      "basin yellow cat's eye" same section
08444 Descurainia sophia      "flix weed" same section
08445 Eriastrum sparsiflorum      "Great Basin woollystar" same section
08454 Gilia brecciarum  ssp. brecciarum   "Nevada gilia" same section
08451 Lomatium parryi      "Parry's desert parsley" same section
08456 Phacelia ivesiana  var. ivesiana   "Ives' scorpionweed" same section
08448 Rhamnus betulifolia      "birchleaf buckthorn" same section
08452 Senecio multilobatus      "lobeleaf groundsel" same section
08443 Sisymbrium altissimum     same section
08450 Vulpia microstachys  var. pauciflora   "Pacific small fescue" same section

Locale


Nearby locations from the USGS Geographic Name Information System (GNIS) database:

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Winter Quarters (Valley) Washington County, UT 1747 ft. W   Santa Clara 
Snow Canyon State Park (Park) Washington County, UT 1.3 mi. N 4531  Veyo 
Wide Canyon (Valley) Washington County, UT 1.4 mi. N   Saddle Mountain 
Diamond Valley (Basin) Washington County, UT 1.4 mi. NE 4538  Saddle Mountain 
Rock Hollow Wash (Valley) Washington County, UT 1.8 mi. NE   Saddle Mountain 
Snow Canyon (Valley) Washington County, UT 2.3 mi. S   Veyo 
Snow Canyon Campground (Locale) Washington County, UT 2.4 mi. S 3370  Santa Clara 
Diamond Valley Ranch (Locale) Washington County, UT 2.4 mi. NE 4689  Saddle Mountain 
Lava Ridge (Ridge) Washington County, UT 2.3 mi. SE 4810  Washington 
Big Sand (Flat) Washington County, UT 2.9 mi. S 3786  Washington 
Alger Gulch (Valley) Washington County, UT 2.9 mi. NE   Saddle Mountain 
Red Mountains (Range) Washington County, UT 3.1 mi. W 4705  Santa Clara 
Alger Hollow (Valley) Washington County, UT 3.2 mi. SE   Saddle Mountain 
Snow Spring (Spring) Washington County, UT 4.1 mi. S 3284  Santa Clara 
Hellhole (Basin) Washington County, UT 3.7 mi. SW 3429  Santa Clara 
North Black Rocks (Summit) Washington County, UT 4.5 mi. S 3068  Santa Clara 
Cedar Bench (Bench) Washington County, UT 3.6 mi. E 5092  Washington 
Yellow Knolls (Summit) Washington County, UT 3.9 mi. SE 4216  Washington 
Black Gulch (Valley) Washington County, UT 4.9 mi. SE   Washington 
Ivins (Populated Place) Washington County, UT 5.3 mi. SW 3081  Santa Clara 

Links

Taxon Links for species Mentzelia albicaulis  (Douglas ex Hook.) Douglas ex Torr. & Gray

CalPhotos, Berkeley Digital Library Project

CNPS Manual of California Vegetation Database

USDA Plants database
University of Washington Herbarium: Plants of Washington (images)

Texas A&M University: Image Library (images)

Lady Bird Johnson's Wildflower Center

Google Images

External link to this species in the UVU Herbarium:
http://herbarium.UVU.edu/virtual/search.asp?taxon=Mentzelia+albicaulis

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