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Family: Loasaceae
Organ Mountain blazingstar, more, mountain stickleaf
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Plant: Annual herb; 18-25 cm tall
Leaves: 2-4 cm long, 1.5-3 cm wide; petiole 0.5-1 cm long; blade broadly ovate, with two large teeth near base; uppermost leaves sublanceolate
Inflorescence: cymose
Flowers: with pedicel 1-2(-7) mm long; petals orange, 4-15 mm long, 2-6 mm wide, with trichomes mostly at apex; staminodia 0; stamens all with linear filaments; style 3-9 mm long
Fruit: capsules cylindric, erect; body 7-15 mm long. SEEDS 7-12, pendulous, not winged, blocky in outline except for the protruding hilum end; testa cells elongate, the surface striate
Misc: Rocky slopes; 1500-2150 m (5000-7000 ft); Aug-Oct
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