Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.
Habitat: Dry, usually sandy soil in the shrub-steppe to the foothills.
Flowers: May-July
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Annual
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Pollination: Bumblebees, bees
Pubescent to glabrous annual, the simple or freely-branched stems 1-4 dm. tall, whitish and shining.
Leaves alternate, scabrous and brittle, various, 2-10 cm. long; basal leaves narrowed to petioles, linear and entire; cauline leaves sessile to petiolate, linear to lanceolate, entire to laciniate into linear lobes: floral leaves broader, few-toothed.
Flowers few in open cymes; calyx 1-2 cm. long, the 5 lobes 2-4 mm. long; petals 5, distinct, yellow, 2-6 mm. long; stamens 15-35, shorter than the petals; style 1, ovary inferior.
Capsule narrowly club-shaped, 1-2.5 cm. long and 2 mm. thick.
Publication: Fl. N. Amer. 1(3): 534. 1840.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Mentzelia albicaulis in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WA Flora Checklist: Mentzelia albicaulis checklist entry.
OregonFlora: Mentzelia albicaulis information.
E-Flora BC: Mentzelia albicaulis atlas page.
CalPhotos: Mentzelia albicaulis photos.
USDA Plants: Mentzelia albicaulis information.
