Mentzelia humilis var. guadalupensis
Sida 18: 995, fig. 2. 1999.
Common names: Guadalupe Mountain blazingstar
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 503.
Leaf-blades: widest intersinus distance 1.6–9.1 mm (always on some leaves greater than 2.6 mm); proximal spatulate to elliptic, margins pinnate, lobes 4–14, 2.5–6 (–8.4) × (1.1–) 2.9–5.1 mm; distal elliptic, lanceolate, or spatulate, margins pinnate, lobes 4–10, 2.8–6 × 1.1–4 mm. Flowers: petals 10.3–13 (–28.6) × 1.6–2.3 (–4) mm, 5 outermost stamens narrowly spatulate, 8.8–11 (–23.3) × 1–1.4 (–1.9) mm. Seed-coat: papillae 6–9 per cell.
Phenology: Flowering Jul–Sep.
Habitat: Sparsely vegetated knolls, gypsum clay substrates.
Elevation: 1400–1600 m.
Discussion
Variety guadalupensis is distributed along the west side of the Guadalupe Mountains in Eddy and Otero counties.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
No values specified."not elongating" is not a number.
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Guadalupe Mountain blazingstar +
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