''Mentzelia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of about 60-70

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...

s in the

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Loasaceae Loasaceae is a family of 15–20 genera and about 200–260 species of flowering plants in the order Cornales, native to the Americas and Africa. Members of the family include annual, biennial and perennial herbaceous plants, and a few shru ...

, native to the Americas. The genus comprises

annual Annual may refer to: * Annual publication, periodical publications appearing regularly once per year **Yearbook **Literary annual * Annual plant *Annual report *Annual giving *Annual, Morocco, a settlement in northeastern Morocco *Annuals (band), ...

biennial Biennial means (an event) lasting for two years or occurring every two years. The related term biennium is used in reference to a period of two years. In particular, it can refer to: * Biennial plant, a plant which blooms in its second year and th ...

, and

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plants and a few shrubs. They are commonly called blazing stars or stickleafs; other names include evening stars and moonflowers. Mentzelia laevicaulis

Selected species

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Mentzelia affinis ''Mentzelia affinis'' is a species of flowering plants in the family Loasaceae known by the common name yellowcomet. It is native to the southern half of California, Arizona, and adjacent sections of Nevada and Baja California, where it is known ...

'' Greene – Yellowcomet *''

Mentzelia albescens ''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 star ...

'' (Gillies & Arn.) Griseb. *''

Mentzelia albicaulis ''Mentzelia albicaulis'' is a species of flowering plants in the family Loasaceae known by the common names whitestem blazingstar, white-stemmed stickleaf, and small flowered blazing star. It is native to much of western North America, where it g ...

'' (Douglas ex Hook.) Douglas ex Torr. & A.Gray – Whitestem blazingstar *''

Mentzelia aspera ''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 star ...

'' L. *'' Mentzelia candelariae'' H.J. Thomp. & Prigge – Candelaria blazingstar *''

Mentzelia chrysantha ''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 star ...

'' Engelm. ex Brandegee *'' Mentzelia congesta'' Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray – United blazingstar *''

Mentzelia conzattii ''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 star ...

'' Greenm. *''

Mentzelia cordifolia ''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 star ...

'' Dombey ex Urb. & Gilg *''

Mentzelia crocea ''Mentzelia crocea'', the Sierra blazingstar or saffron blazing star, is an annual wildflower endemic to the Sierra Nevada foothills of California. The flowering plant can be found up to elevation. Description The stem grows up to a meter tall ...

'' Kellogg – Sierra blazingstar *''

Mentzelia decapetala ''Mentzelia decapetala'' (commonly known as tenpetal blazingstar, evening-star, candleflower, gumbo lily, or chalk lily) is a herbaceous biennial or short-lived perennial A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more tha ...

'' (Pursh ex Sims) Urb. & Gilg – Tenpetal blazingstar *''

Mentzelia densa ''Mentzelia densa'' is a species of flowering plant in the Loasaceae known by the common names Royal Gorge blazingstar and Royal Gorge stickleaf. It is endemic to Colorado in the United States, where it occurs in the Arkansas River Valley in Frem ...

'' Greene *''

Mentzelia desertorum ''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 blazin ...

'' (Davidson) H.J. Thomp. & Roberts – Desert blazingstar *''

Mentzelia dispersa ''Mentzelia dispersa'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Loasaceae known by the common name bushy blazingstar. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to the Dakotas, where it grows in many types of h ...

'' S.Watson – Mada stickleaf *''

Mentzelia eremophila ''Mentzelia eremophila'' is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the family Loasaceae known by the common names pinyon blazingstar and solitary blazingstar. Distribution It is endemic to the Mojave Desert of California, where it grows i ...

'' – Pinyon blazingstar *''

Mentzelia fendleriana ''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 ...

'' Urb. & Gilg *''

Mentzelia goodrichii ''Mentzelia goodrichii'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Loasaceae known by the common name Goodrich's blazingstar. It is endemic to Utah in the United States, where it is known only from Duchesne County. This plant is a long ...

'' Thorne & S.L. Welsh – Goodrich's blazingstar *''

Mentzelia gracilenta ''Mentzelia gracilenta'', known by the common names blazing star, grass blazingstar, and slender blazing star, is a species of flowering plant in the family Loasaceae. Distribution The plant is endemic to California, where it is known only f ...

'' – Grass blazingstar *''

Mentzelia hirsutissima ''Mentzelia'' is a genus of about 60-70 species of flowering plants in the family (biology), family Loasaceae, native to the Americas. The genus comprises annual plant, annual, biennial plant, biennial, and perennial plant, perennial herbaceous ...

'' ** ''Mentzelia hirsutissima'' var. ''nesiotes'' *''

Mentzelia hispida ''Mentzelia hispida'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Loasaceae known by the common name pega ropa, or "sticks to clothing" in Spanish. It is native to Mexico where it grows in scrub and woodland habitats. References {{Taxonba ...

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Mentzelia involucrata ''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 blazin ...

'' – Sand blazingstar, white-bract blazingstar *''

Mentzelia inyoensis ''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 blazin ...

'' – Inyo blazingstar *''

Mentzelia jonesii ''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 blazin ...

'' – Jones' blazingstar *''

Mentzelia laevicaulis ''Mentzelia laevicaulis'' is a showy wildflower native to western North America. Its common names include giant blazingstar and smoothstem blazingstar. This is a widespread plant which can be found in sandy, rocky, and disturbed areas, such as r ...

'' (Douglas ex Hook.) Torr. & A.Gray – Giant blazingstar *''

Mentzelia leucophylla ''Mentzelia leucophylla'', known by the common name Ash Meadows blazingstar, is a rare species of flowering plant in the Loasaceae. It is endemic to southwestern Nevada, in the Western United States. Distribution The locally endemic plant is on ...

'' Brandegee *''

Mentzelia lindleyi ''Mentzelia lindleyi'', commonly known as golden bartonia, Lindley's blazingstar, evening star, or blazing star, is an annual wildflower of western North America. Distribution The plant is found in the California Coast Ranges, San Francisco Bay ...

'' Torr. & A.Gray - Lindley's blazingstar *''

Mentzelia memorabilis ''Mentzelia memorabilis'', the nine-eleven blazingstar, is a shrub-like perennial endemic to the Uinkaret Plateau in Mohave County Arizona and adjacent Washington County Utah. This is a species of conservation concern throughout its range. Nine ...

'' N. H. Holmgren & P. K. Holmgren - Nine-eleven blazingstar, September 11 stickleaf *''

Mentzelia micrantha ''Mentzelia micrantha'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Loasaceae known by the common name San Luis blazingstar. It is native to the coastal mountain ranges of western North America from just north of the San Francisco Bay Area t ...

'' – San Luis blazingstar *''

Mentzelia mollis ''Mentzelia mollis'' is a species of flowering plant in the Loasaceae known by the common names soft blazingstar, smooth blazingstar, and smooth stickleaf. It is native to the western United States, where it occurs in Idaho, Oregon, and Nevada.

'' M.Peck *''

Mentzelia montana ''Mentzelia montana'', known by the common name variegated bract blazingstar, is a species of flowering plant in the family Loasaceae. Description ''Mentzelia montana'' is an annual herb producing an erect stem approaching in maximum height. Th ...

'' – Variegated-bract blazingstar *''

Mentzelia multiflora ''Mentzelia multiflora'', commonly known as Adonis blazingstar, Adonis stickleaf, desert blazingstar, prairie stickleaf and manyflowered mentzelia is a herbaceous perennial wildflower of the family Loasaceae. Distribution ''Mentzelia multiflora ...

'' (Nutt.) A.Gray – Adonis blazingstar *''

Mentzelia nitens ''Mentzelia nitens'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Loasaceae known by the common names shining blazingstar and Venus blazingstar. It is native to the Mojave Desert and adjacent desert and mountain areas of eastern California and s ...

'' – Shining blazingstar *''

Mentzelia nuda ''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 blazin ...

'' (Pursh) Torr. & A.Gray *''

Mentzelia oligosperma ''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 blazin ...

'' Nutt. ex Sims *''

Mentzelia oreophila ''Mentzelia oreophila'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Loasaceae known by the common name Argus blazingstar. It is native to the Southwestern United States and the Mojave Desert sky islands in California. It grows in rocky desert a ...

'' – Argus blazingstar *'' Mentzelia packardiae'' Glad *''

Mentzelia parvifolia ''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 blazin ...

'' Urb. & Gilg ex Kurtz *''

Mentzelia pectinata ''Mentzelia pectinata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Loasaceae known by the common name San Joaquin blazingstar. Distribution It is endemic to California, where it grows in the hills and mountains on either side of the San Joaqu ...

'' – San Joaquin blazingstar *''

Mentzelia polita ''Mentzelia polita'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Loasaceae known by the common name polished blazingstar. It is native to the southwestern United States, where it grows in desert mountains, washes, and other dry habitat. Descr ...

'' – Polished blazingstar *'' Mentzelia pterosperma'' *''

Mentzelia pumila ''Mentzelia pumila'', (dwarf mentzelia, desert blazing star, blazing star, bullet stickleaf, golden blazing star, yellow mentzelia, evening star, moonflower, Wyoming stickleaf, etc.) is a biennial wildflower found in the western United States an ...

'' Nutt. ex. Torr. & A. Gray – Dwarf mentzelia *''

Mentzelia reflexa ''Mentzelia reflexa'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Loasaceae known by the common name reflexed blazingstar. It is native to the Mojave Desert and adjacent mountain ranges in California and Nevada, where it grows in rocky hab ...

'' – Reflexed blazingstar *''

Mentzelia rhizomata ''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 ...

'' Reveal *'' Mentzelia scabra'' Kunth *''

Mentzelia springeri ''Mentzelia springeri'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Loasaceae known by the common name Santa Fe blazingstar. It is endemic to New Mexico in the United States, where it occurs in the Jemez Mountains.Mentzelia tiehmii ''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 ...

'' *''

Mentzelia todiltoensis ''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 sta ...

'' *''

Mentzelia torreyi ''Mentzelia torreyi'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Loasaceae known by the common name Torrey's blazingstar. It is native to the western United States where it grows in the Great Basin and surrounding areas in desert, scrub, wood ...

'' – Torrey's blazingstar *''

Mentzelia tricuspis ''Mentzelia tricuspis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Loasaceae known by the common name spinyhair blazingstar. It is native to the Southwestern United States and California where it grows in deserts, such as the Sonoran Desert, ...

'' – Spinyhair blazingstar *''

Mentzelia veatchiana ''Mentzelia veatchiana'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Loasaceae known by the common name Veatch's blazingstar. It is native to the western United States from Oregon and southern Idaho, south through California and Arizona, to no ...

'' – Veatch's blazingstar

References

Flora of Bolivia checklist: ''Mentzelia''Flora of Missouri checklist: ''Mentzelia''
Flora of North America Cornales genera Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Cornales-stub