Definition of Mentzelia lindleyi

1. Noun. Annual grown especially for its fragrant golden nocturnal flowers.

Exact synonyms: Bartonia
Generic synonyms: Flower
Group relationships: Genus Mentzelia, Mentzelia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mentzelia Lindleyi

Mentha citrata
Mentha longifolia
Mentha piperita
Mentha pulegium
Mentha rotundifolia
Mentha spicata
Mentha suaveolens
Menticirrhus
Menticirrhus americanus
Menticirrhus littoralis
Menticirrhus saxatilis
Menticirrhus undulatus
Mentor
Mentzelia
Mentzelia laevicaulis
Mentzelia lindleyi
Mentzelia livicaulis
Menuhin
Menura
Menurae
Menuridae
Menyanthaceae
Menyanthes trifoliata
Menziesia
Menziesia ferruginea
Menziesia pilosa
Mephaquine
Mephistophelean
Mephistopheles
Mephitinae

Literary usage of Mentzelia lindleyi

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"mentzelia lindleyi (X'A). - -. . Soc. 17:438,1880) into two groups, based on the anthers. The 2 species described below belong to the group with small, ..."

2. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"... catalogues as Bartonia áurea is more correctly named mentzelia lindleyi. The first species to be introduced was M. áspera from the United States ..."

3. The Nursery-book: A Complete Guide to the Multiplication of Plants by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1896)
"The seedlings of Bartonia aurea (properly mentzelia lindleyi) should be potted singly into small, well-drained pots. In winter they should be placed on a ..."

4. A Popular California Flora: Or, Manual of Botany for Beginners : Containing by Volney Rattan (1880)
"... capsule an inch or two long.—Sand hills near Antioch. [To PAGE 62.] Mentzelia Lindleyi, Torr. & Gr. Slender, 1 to 3 ft. high, branched; ..."

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