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Grass Blazingstar

(Mentzelia gracilenta)

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Description

Mentzelia gracilenta is an annual herb producing an erect greenish stem sometimes exceeding 0.5 metres (1.6 ft) in maximum height. The leaves are divided deeply into comblike lobes, the longest in the basal rosette 13 centimeters long and those higher on the stem reduced in size. The inflorescence is a cluster of flowers each with five shiny yellow petals dotted with red at the bases, measuring roughly one to two centimeters long. The fruit is a narrow, curving utricle containing many tiny, angular seeds.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Cornales
Family:Loasaceae
Genus:Mentzelia
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