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Mentzelia oligosperma

species of plant

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 13, 2025
Entity authorityQ17250580 ↗
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Mentzelia oligosperma, the stick-leaf or chickenthief, is a species of flowering plant in the family Loasaceae. It is native to the warmer parts of the west-central and central United States. A perennial reaching 50 cm (20 in), its yellow to orange flowers open in the morning and close by the early afternoon.

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This entry incorporates text from “Mentzelia oligosperma” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.