Species Information
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Anthophyta
Class: Dicotyledoneae
Order: Violales
Family: Loasaceae
Genus: Mentzelia
Species: todiltoensis
Todilto Stickleaf - Mentzelia todiltoensis
Image courtesy of New Mexico Rare Plants
576205
Species Extent (New Mexico)
General Description
Perennial herb; stems several from the base, white, stout, leafy, 2.2-8 dm tall, sparsely covered with minute, reflexed or spreading barbed hairs; basal leaves not persistent; stem leaves entire or with a few short laciniate lobes, linear to narrowly oblanceolate, revolute or flat, up to 11.5 cm long, 0.5-3.8 mm wide; leaf hairs sparse, bases pustulate; inflorescence corymbosely-branched on upper part of stems with a single flower terminating the several branches; flowers sessile or subsessile, subtended by linear, entire or remotely laciniate bracts; calyx lobes spreading or reflexed in fruit; corolla and stamens sulfur yellow when opening, quickly fading to creamy white when fully open; petals usually 10 (9-12), oblanceolate, 11-13 mm long, 2.5-4 mm wide; staminodia absent or in 1 whorl, abruptly grading to fertile stamens with progressively narrower and shorter filaments; capsules subcylindrical, 8-12 mm long, 5-6 mm wide; seeds lenticular, winged. Flowers open in the evening hours, late June through September.
Status
Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database
Number of Subpopulations: 19
Number of Mapped Locations: 160
Number of Observations: 161
Observation date range: 06-30-1992 to 04-04-2021
External Links
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NatureServe Explorer
New Mexico Rare Plants Website
Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)
NatureServe Explorer
New Mexico Rare Plants Website
Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)