Mentzelia polita: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Cornales
- Family
- Loasaceae
- Genus
- Mentzelia
- Species
- Mentzelia polita
- Scientific Name
- Mentzelia polita
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Mentzelia polita
Mentzelia polita is a species of flowering plant in the family Loasaceae known by the common name polished blazingstar. It is native to the southwestern United States, where it grows in desert mountains, washes, and other dry habitat.
...Mentzelia polita in languages:
- English
- polished blazing star
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Mentzelia albescens
- Mentzelia argillicola
- Mentzelia argillosa
- Mentzelia candelariae
- Mentzelia canyonensis
- Mentzelia chrysantha
- Mentzelia collomiae
- Mentzelia conspicua
- Mentzelia cronquistii
- Mentzelia decapetala
- Mentzelia densa
- Mentzelia filifolia
- Mentzelia goodrichii
- Mentzelia hintoniorum
- Mentzelia holmgreniorum
- Mentzelia hualapaiensis
- Mentzelia humilis
- Mentzelia integra
- Mentzelia inyoensis
- Mentzelia laciniata
- Mentzelia laevicaulis
- Mentzelia lagarosa
- Mentzelia leucophylla
- Mentzelia longiloba
- Mentzelia marginata
- Mentzelia memorabalis
- Mentzelia mexicana
- Mentzelia multicaulis
- Mentzelia multiflora
- Mentzelia nuda
- Mentzelia oreophila
- Mentzelia paradoxensis
- Mentzelia perennis
- Mentzelia polita
- Mentzelia procera
- Mentzelia pterosperma
- Mentzelia puberula
- Mentzelia pumila
- Mentzelia reverchonii
- Mentzelia rhizomata
- Mentzelia rusbyi
- Mentzelia saxicola
- Mentzelia shultziorum
- Mentzelia sinuata
- Mentzelia sivinskii
- Mentzelia speciosa
- Mentzelia springeri
- Mentzelia strictissima
- Mentzelia tiehmii
- Mentzelia todiltoensis
- Mentzelia uintahensis












































