Mentzelia floridana
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Loasaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Species Description - Ascending or diffusely branched, 3-6 dm. high, the slender stem and branches rough-pubescent. Leaves ovate or triangular-ovate, scabrous-pubescent, rather firm in texture, short-petioled, 2-9 cm. long, acute or acuminate at the apex, subtruncate or broadly cuneate at the base, dentate, sometimes 3-lobed; flowers sessile and solitary in the upper axils; sepals lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 5-6 mm. long; petals yellow, about 3 times as long as the sepals; ovary obeonic, densely hispid; capsule hispid, 1-1.5 cm. long.
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Distribution
Sandy waste grounds, Eleuthera, near Governor's Harbor : Florida. Florida Mentzelia.
Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America|