Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission Herbarium
(ANHC)
Catalog #:
ANHC008467
Secondary Catalog #:
ANHC Acc#: 008078
Taxon: Mentzelia oligosperma Nutt. ex Sims Family: Loasaceae
Determiner: Theo Witsell (10/6/2013)
Collector:
Theo Witsell
Number:
13-0390
Date: 2013-10-06
Verbatim Date: 2013-10-6
Additional Collectors:
Josh Duzan
Locality:
United States, Arkansas, Benton, Ozark Highlands. Dissected Springfield Plateau-Elk River Hills Ecoregion. USGS Gravette 7.5' Quad. Spring Creek Mitigation Site. 0.6 mi. ESE of the jct. of Bird Mountain Rd. & North Big Springs Rd. (CR 33).
36.46121 -94.47397
Habitat:
S-facing open limestone glade (Boone Formation) above bluff.
Associated Species:
Growing with Sporobolus clandestinus, S. ozarkanus, Schizachyrium scoparium, Croton monanthogynus, Panicum flexile, P. philadelphicum, Monarda citriodora, Sedum pulchellum, Glandularia canadensis, Celtis tenuifolia, & Fraxinus quadrangulata.
Description:
Fresh flowers yellowish-orange.
Reproductive Condition:
flower & fruit
Preparations:
Herbarium Sheet 1 of 2.
Notes:
30-40 clumps in gravelly soil over bedrock. Concentrated in most extreme areas of glade.
Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial)
Record ID: 766b5b13-6f99-4dc4-aa38-8dbb2cd6c8bf
For additional information on this specimen, please contact:
Brent Baker (brent.baker@arkansas.gov)
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