Index / Search / Mentzelia oligosperma
§1 Plant
Mentzelia oligosperma Nutt. ex Sims
vernacular chickenthief — species · Loasaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Loasaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Mentzelia
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 187 counties across 12 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 187 counties across 12 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Anderson 20003
- Barber 20007
- Bourbon 20011
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Cowley 20035
- Dickinson 20041
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Geary 20061
- Greenwood 20073
- Harper 20077
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Jewell 20089
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- Meade 20119
- Mitchell 20123
- Montgomery 20125
- Morton 20129
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Republic 20157
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Sedgwick 20173
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Sumner 20191
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wichita 20203
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Barry 29009
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Callaway 29027
- Carroll 29033
- Cedar 29039
- Cooper 29053
- Dade 29057
- Gasconade 29073
- Greene 29077
- Henry 29083
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Lawrence 29109
- Maries 29125
- McDonald 29119
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Pulaski 29169
- Randolph 29175
- Saline 29195
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Stone 29209
Nebraska view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Caddo 40015
- Cimarron 40025
- Comanche 40031
- Custer 40039
- Garvin 40049
- Grady 40051
- Greer 40055
- Harmon 40057
- Harper 40059
- Johnston 40069
- Kiowa 40075
- Logan 40083
- Major 40093
- Marshall 40095
- Mayes 40097
- McClain 40087
- Murray 40099
- Muskogee 40101
- Oklahoma 40109
- Ottawa 40115
- Payne 40119
- Pontotoc 40123
- Sequoyah 40135
- Tulsa 40143
- Washington 40147
- Woods 40151
- Woodward 40153
South Dakota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Aransas 48007
- Bailey 48017
- Bandera 48019
- Bell 48027
- Brewster 48043
- Brown 48049
- Burnet 48053
- Calhoun 48057
- Collin 48085
- Crockett 48105
- Culberson 48109
- Dallas 48113
- Deaf Smith 48117
- Dickens 48125
- Edwards 48137
- Garza 48169
- Gillespie 48171
- Goliad 48175
- Grimes 48185
- Hardeman 48197
- Hemphill 48211
- Hutchinson 48233
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Karnes 48255
- Kerr 48265
- King 48269
- Lamb 48279
- Lipscomb 48295
- Llano 48299
- Lubbock 48303
- Marion 48315
- McLennan 48309
- Mitchell 48335
- Navarro 48349
- Oldham 48359
- Parker 48367
- Pecos 48371
- Randall 48381
- Roberts 48393
- San Patricio 48409
- San Saba 48411
- Shackelford 48417
- Stephens 48429
- Sterling 48431
- Sutton 48435
- Taylor 48441
- Terrell 48443
- Travis 48453
- Uvalde 48463
- Val Verde 48465
- Wheeler 48483
- Williamson 48491
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MEOL ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5331429 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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