Mentzelia decapetala |
Mentzelia filifolia |
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10-petal western star, evening starflower, gumbo-lily, tenpetal blazingstar |
narrow-leaf blazingstar |
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Habit | Plants biennial or perennial, bushlike, perennials with ground-level caudices. | Plants biennial, candelabra-form. |
Stems | solitary, erect, straight; branches distal or along entire stem, proximal or distal longest, antrorse, straight to upcurved; hairy. |
solitary, erect, straight; branches distal, distal longest, antrorse, straight; hairy. |
Leaves | blade 72–295 × 14–45 mm, widest intersinus distance 10.1–23.3 mm; proximal oblanceolate or elliptic, margins serrate to pinnate, teeth or lobes 16–26, slightly antrorse, 1–16.5 mm; distal elliptic to lanceolate, base clasping or not, margins serrate to pinnate, teeth or lobes 9–20, slightly antrorse, 5.3–13.7 mm; surfaces with needlelike trichomes. |
blade 43–94(–115) × (4.3–)7.5–36 mm, widest intersinus distance 1–2.4 mm; proximal oblanceolate to elliptic, margins pinnatisect, lobes 8–20, perpendicular to leaf axis, 3.2–12(–15.7) mm; distal oblanceolate to elliptic, base not clasping, margins pinnatisect, lobes 8–20, perpendicular to leaf axis, 5.6–17.1 mm; abaxial surface with simple grappling-hook, complex grappling-hook, and occasionally needlelike trichomes, adaxial surface with needlelike trichomes. |
Bracts | margins pinnate. |
margins entire or pinnate. |
Flowers | petals white, 47–75 × 13–22.7 mm, apex acute to attenuate, glabrous abaxially; stamens white to yellow, 5 outermost petaloid, filaments spatulate, strongly clawed, 48–75 × 12–23 mm, without anthers, second whorl with anthers; anthers straight after dehiscence, epidermis smooth; styles 36–53 mm. |
petals golden yellow, 13–18.5 × 3.7–6.1 mm, apex acute, glabrous abaxially; stamens golden yellow, 5 outermost petaloid, filaments narrowly spatulate, slightly clawed, 10.2–14.7(–18) × (1.3–)2.5–4.4 mm, without anthers, second whorl with anthers; anthers straight after dehiscence, epidermis smooth; styles 10–12.5(–14) mm. |
Capsules | cylindric, 30–43 × 12–17 mm, base tapering, not longitudinally ridged. |
cylindric, 11–19 × 5–7.5 mm, base tapering, not or diminutively longitudinally ridged. |
Seeds | 2.3–4 mm; coat anticlinal cell walls straight, papillae 4–10 per cell. |
coat anticlinal cell walls sinuous, papillae 42–48 per cell. |
2n | = 22. |
= 20. |
Mentzelia decapetala |
Mentzelia filifolia |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug(–Oct). | Flowering Jul–Aug. |
Habitat | Rock outcrops, slopes, dry short-grass prairies, riverbanks, roadsides, loam, limestone, sandy, silty, clayey, and gravelly soils. | Roadcuts, slopes, dark loam, rocky soils. |
Elevation | 300–2400 m. (1000–7900 ft.) | 2100–2200 m. (6900–7200 ft.) |
Distribution |
CO; IA; IL; KS; MN; MT; NE; NM; OK; SD; TX; UT; WY; AB; MB; SK
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AZ; NM |
Discussion | Mentzelia decapetala is introduced in Grundy County, Illinois. It appears to be native throughout the rest of its distribution. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Mentzelia filifolia is known from the Chuska Mountains of Apache County, Arizona, and McKinley and San Juan counties, New Mexico. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 12, p. 504. | FNA vol. 12, p. 517. |
Parent taxa | Loasaceae > Mentzelia > sect. Bartonia | Loasaceae > Mentzelia > sect. Bartonia |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Bartonia decapetala | |
Name authority | (Pursh) Urban: Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 10: 263. (1892) | J. J. Schenk & L. Hufford: Madroño 57: 251, figs. 1D, 2B. (2010) |
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