Loasaceae FAMILY

Mentzelia albicaulis

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Mentzelia albicaulis is an annual plant with a wand-like or candelabra form, growing from 2 - 50cm tall, but usually around 10 - 40cm[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The plant is harvestd from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeWestern N. America - British Columbia and Saskatchewan, south through California and Texas to northern Mexico.

HabitatDry, especially sandy soils, in desert valleys and foothills[ 71 Title A California Flora. Publication Author Munz P.A. & Keck D.D. Publisher University of California Press; Los Angeles Year 1959 ISBN - Description An excellent flora but no pictures. Not for the casual reader. ]. Sand dunes, gravel fans, washes, desert scrub, sagebrush or antelope bitterbrush scrub, open ponderosa pine woodlands, pinyon/juniper woodlands; at elevations up to 2,300 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].