Mentzelia decapetala |
Mentzelia hualapaiensis |
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10-petal western star, evening starflower, gumbo-lily, tenpetal blazingstar |
Hualapai blazingstar |
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Habit | Plants biennial or perennial, bushlike, perennials with ground-level caudices. | Plants perennial, bushlike, with subterranean caudices. |
Stems | solitary, erect, straight; branches distal or along entire stem, proximal or distal longest, antrorse, straight to upcurved; hairy. |
multiple, erect, zigzag or straight; branches distal or along entire stem, distal longest or all ± equal, antrorse, upcurved; 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 17–94 × 12–32 mm, widest intersinus distance 9.5–29 mm; proximal broadly spatulate to elliptic, margins serrate, teeth 6–12, slightly antrorse or perpendicular to leaf axis, 0.4–1.5 mm; distal broadly spatulate, elliptic, or obovate, base not clasping, margins serrate, teeth 8–10, slightly antrorse or perpendicular to leaf axis, 1–3.6 mm; abaxial surface with complex grappling-hook and occasionally with simple grappling-hook and needlelike trichomes, adaxial surface with needlelike trichomes. |
Bracts | margins pinnate. |
margins entire. |
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 white to light yellow, 9.4–17.4(–20) × 1.7–4.3 mm, apex acute to rounded, glabrous abaxially; stamens white to light yellow, 5 outermost petaloid, filaments narrowly spatulate, slightly clawed, 8.5–18 × 1–1.3(–2.9) mm, without anthers, second whorl with anthers; anthers straight after dehiscence, epidermis papillate; styles 5.8–9 mm. |
Capsules | cylindric, 30–43 × 12–17 mm, base tapering, not longitudinally ridged. |
cup-shaped, 4.9–10.3 × 4.6–8.6 mm, base rounded, not longitudinally ridged. |
Seeds | 2.3–4 mm; coat anticlinal cell walls straight, papillae 4–10 per cell. |
coat anticlinal cell walls straight to slightly wavy, papillae 8–14 per cell. |
2n | = 22. |
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Mentzelia decapetala |
Mentzelia hualapaiensis |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug(–Oct). | Flowering Mar–Jun(–Sep). |
Habitat | Rock outcrops, slopes, dry short-grass prairies, riverbanks, roadsides, loam, limestone, sandy, silty, clayey, and gravelly soils. | Rocky desert scrub, gravelly canyon bottoms, steep travertine, shaley slopes associated with Muav limestone formations. |
Elevation | 300–2400 m. (1000–7900 ft.) | 400–1400 m. (1300–4600 ft.) |
Distribution |
CO; IA; IL; KS; MN; MT; NE; NM; OK; SD; TX; UT; WY; AB; MB; SK
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AZ |
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 hualapaiensis is distributed in Coconino and Mohave counties along the Grand Canyon and its side canyons between the Upper and Lower Granite Gorge. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 12, p. 504. | FNA vol. 12, p. 502. |
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: W. C. Hodgson & L. Hufford, Brittonia 62: 1, figs. 1, 2A,C–E. (2010) |
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