Index / Search / Mentzelia albicaulis
§1 Plant
Mentzelia albicaulis (Hook.) Torr. & A. Gray
vernacular whitestem blazingstar — species · Loasaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Loasaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Mentzelia
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 87 counties across 8 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 87 counties across 8 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Archuleta 08007
- Boulder 08013
- Conejos 08021
- Delta 08029
- Fremont 08043
- Garfield 08045
- Grand 08049
- Huerfano 08055
- Jefferson 08059
- La Plata 08067
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Mesa 08077
- Moffat 08081
- Montezuma 08083
- Montrose 08085
- Morgan 08087
- Otero 08089
- Rio Blanco 08103
- San Juan 08111
- San Miguel 08113
- Washington 08121
- Weld 08123
Idaho view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Ada 16001
- Bannock 16005
- Bingham 16011
- Blaine 16013
- Boise 16015
- Bonner 16017
- Butte 16023
- Camas 16025
- Canyon 16027
- Cassia 16031
- Clark 16033
- Custer 16037
- Elmore 16039
- Franklin 16041
- Fremont 16043
- Gooding 16047
- Idaho 16049
- Jefferson 16051
- Lemhi 16059
- Lincoln 16063
- Madison 16065
- Owyhee 16073
- Payette 16075
- Power 16077
- Twin Falls 16083
- Valley 16085
- Washington 16087
Montana view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 12 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MEAL6 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/9067615 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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