Mentzelia
| Mentzelia | |
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| Mentzelia lindleyi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Cornales |
| Family: | Loasaceae |
| Genus: | Mentzelia L. |
| Species | |
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Some 60-70, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Mentzelia is a
herbaceous plants and a few shrubs
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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 candelariae H.J. Thomp. & Prigge – Candelaria blazingstar
- 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 – Tenpetal blazingstar
- 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 hispida
- Mentzelia involucrata – Sand blazingstar, 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 memorabilis N. H. Holmgren & P. K. Holmgren - Nine-eleven blazingstar, September 11 stickleaf
- 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
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