UCR - University of California, Riverside Herbarium - Vascular Plants (UCR)
UCR0099631
UCR-BPS-222925
UCR-222925
Mentzelia congesta Torr. & Gray
Loasaceae
Ann Howald
1962
1996-07-13
1996-7-13
United States, California, Mono, Convict Creek, UC Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Lab, Mt. Morrison Rd, 0.8 mi NW of intersection with Hwy 395; Eastern Sierra Nevada Mtns.
37.61333 -118.835
2153 meters (7062ft)
Flowering & Fruiting
Annual, petals yellow with orange spot at base, bracts white-scarious more than half the length, occasional in dry sandy-gravelly soil, in openings in sagebrush scrub at E end of property; with Artemisia tridentata, Purshia tridentata.