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white-flowered blazingstar
Mentzelia nuda
Fort Collins
- Dimensions
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Height: 6.0 in. to 1.5 ft.
Spread: 10.0 in.; to 1.5 ft. - Growth Form
- Herbaceous
- Program Association
- Nature in the City
- Wildlife Uses
- Pollinators/ Invertebrates
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun
- Water Requirements
- Very Low
- Plant Community
- Foothills, Plains
- Season of Bloom
- July, August, September
- Flower Color
- White Shades
- Leaf Color
- Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- No City Data
- Design Considerations
- Fragrant, Showy Flowers
- Other Considerations
- Limited Availability
- Duration
- Perennial, Biennial
- Natural Landscape Position
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Fort Collins Model
1, 2 - Soil Type
- Gravel, Sandy, Well Drained
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No City Data
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
Night blooming plant and it is an important adult food host for many of our native invertebrates.
Can't withstand rich or wet soils.