Mentzelia

For the brachiopod genus, see Mentzelia (brachiopod).

Mentzelia
Mentzelia lindleyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Cornales
Family:	Loasaceae
Genus:	Mentzelia L.
Species
Some 60-70, see text
Synonyms
Bartonia (non Muhl. ex Willd.: preoccupied)

Mentzelia is a genus of about 60-70 species of flowering plants in the family Loasaceae, native to the Americas. The genus comprises annual, biennial, and perennial herbaceous plants and a few shrubs.

They are commonly called blazing stars or stickleafs; other names include "evening stars" and "moonflowers".

Selected species

• Mentzelia affinis Greene – Yellowcomet
• Mentzelia albescens (Gillies & Arn.) Griseb.
• Mentzelia albicaulis (Douglas ex Hook.) Douglas ex Torr. & A.Gray – Whitestem Blazingstar
• Mentzelia aspera L.
• Mentzelia chrysantha Engelm. ex Brandegee
• Mentzelia congesta Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray – United Blazingstar
• Mentzelia conzattii Greenm.
• Mentzelia cordifolia Dombey ex Urb. & Gilg
• Mentzelia crocea Kellogg – Sierra Blazingstar
• Mentzelia decapetala (Pursh ex Sims) Urb. & Gilg – Ten-petal Stickleaf
• Mentzelia densa Greene
• Mentzelia desertorum (Davidson) H.J. Thomp. & Roberts – Desert Blazingstar
• Mentzelia dispersa S.Watson – Mada Stickleaf
• Mentzelia eremophila – Pinyon Blazingstar
• Mentzelia fendleriana Urb. & Gilg
• Mentzelia goodrichii Thorne & S.L. Welsh – Goodrich's blazingstar
• Mentzelia gracilenta – Grass Blazingstar
• Mentzelia hirsutissima
  • Mentzelia hirsutissima var. nesiotes
• Mentzelia involucrata – Sand Blazing Star, White-bract Blazingstar
• Mentzelia inyoensis – Inyo Blazingstar
• Mentzelia jonesii – Jones' Blazingstar
• Mentzelia laevicaulis (Douglas ex Hook.) Torr. & A.Gray – Giant Blazingstar
• Mentzelia leucophylla Brandegee
• Mentzelia lindleyi Torr. & A.Gray - Lindley's Blazingstar
• Mentzelia micrantha – San Luis Blazingstar
• Mentzelia mollis M.Peck
• Mentzelia montana – Variegated-bract Blazingstar
• Mentzelia multiflora (Nutt.) A.Gray – Adonis Blazingstar
• Mentzelia nitens – Shining Blazingstar
• Mentzelia nuda (Pursh) Torr. & A.Gray
• Mentzelia oligosperma Nutt. ex Sims
• Mentzelia oreophila – Argus Blazingstar
• Mentzelia packardiae Glad
• Mentzelia parvifolia Urb. & Gilg ex Kurtz
• Mentzelia pectinata – San Joaquin Blazingstar
• Mentzelia polita – Polished Blazingstar
• Mentzelia pterosperma
• Mentzelia pumila Nutt. ex. Torr. & A. Gray – Dwarf Mentzelia
• Mentzelia reflexa – Reflexed Blazingstar
• Mentzelia rhizomata Reveal
• Mentzelia scabra Kunth
• Mentzelia springeri – Santa Fe Blazingstar
• Mentzelia tiehmii
• Mentzelia todiltoensis
• Mentzelia torreyi – Torrey's Blazingstar
• Mentzelia tricuspis – Spinyhair Blazingstar
• Mentzelia veatchiana – Veatch's Blazingstar

References

• Germplasm Resources Information Network: Mentzelia
• Flora of Bolivia checklist: Mentzelia
• Flora of Missouri checklist: Mentzelia
• Mentzelia ssp, "Blazingstars" at USDA: NRCS Plants Profile for North America-(USA and Canada)