Index / Search / Mentzelia laevicaulis
§1 Plant
Mentzelia laevicaulis (Hook.) Torr. & A. Gray
vernacular smoothstem blazingstar — species · Loasaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Biennial, Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Loasaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Mentzelia
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 174 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 174 counties across 8 states/territories.
California view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Alameda 06001
- Alpine 06003
- Amador 06005
- Butte 06007
- Colusa 06011
- Del Norte 06015
- Fresno 06019
- Glenn 06021
- Humboldt 06023
- Inyo 06027
- Kern 06029
- Lake 06033
- Los Angeles 06037
- Marin 06041
- Mariposa 06043
- Mendocino 06045
- Modoc 06049
- Mono 06051
- Monterey 06053
- Napa 06055
- Nevada 06057
- Placer 06061
- Plumas 06063
- Riverside 06065
- San Benito 06069
- San Bernardino 06071
- San Diego 06073
- San Joaquin 06077
- San Luis Obispo 06079
- Santa Barbara 06083
- Santa Clara 06085
- Shasta 06089
- Siskiyou 06093
- Solano 06095
- Sonoma 06097
- Stanislaus 06099
- Trinity 06105
- Tulare 06107
- Tuolumne 06109
- Ventura 06111
- Yolo 06113
Idaho view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Ada 16001
- Adams 16003
- Bannock 16005
- Bear Lake 16007
- Bingham 16011
- Boise 16015
- Butte 16023
- Canyon 16027
- Cassia 16031
- Clark 16033
- Custer 16037
- Elmore 16039
- Gem 16045
- Gooding 16047
- Idaho 16049
- Kootenai 16055
- Lemhi 16059
- Lincoln 16063
- Nez Perce 16069
- Oneida 16071
- Owyhee 16073
- Teton 16081
- Valley 16085
- Washington 16087
Montana view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Baker 41001
- Benton 41003
- Crook 41013
- Curry 41015
- Deschutes 41017
- Douglas 41019
- Gilliam 41021
- Grant 41023
- Harney 41025
- Jackson 41029
- Jefferson 41031
- Josephine 41033
- Klamath 41035
- Lake 41037
- Malheur 41045
- Sherman 41055
- Umatilla 41059
- Union 41061
- Wallowa 41063
- Wasco 41065
- Washington 41067
- Wheeler 41069
Utah view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 19 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MELA2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5331450 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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