Mentzelia decapetala |
Mentzelia inyoensis |
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10-petal western star, evening starflower, gumbo-lily, tenpetal blazingstar |
Inyo blazing star, White Mountain or Inyo 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 usually distal, occasionally along entire stem, distal usually 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 16.7–89 × 6.3–14.2(–20) mm, widest intersinus distance 3.1–9.7 mm; proximal oblanceolate to elliptic, margins serrate to pinnate, teeth or lobes 10–24, slightly antrorse, 1.4–3.4 mm; distal lanceolate, base usually not clasping, occasionally clasping, margins serrate to pinnate, teeth or lobes 8–14, slightly antrorse, 0.7–7 mm; abaxial surface with complex grappling-hook, and occasionally simple grappling-hook and needlelike, trichomes, adaxial surface with needlelike and occasionally simple grappling-hook trichomes. |
Bracts | margins pinnate. |
margins usually entire, sometimes toothed. |
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, 11.7–15.8(–18) × 2–4.8 mm, apex acute, glabrous abaxially; stamens golden yellow, 5 outermost not petaloid, filaments linear, not clawed, 10.2–13.2 × 0.6–1.6 mm, with anthers, second whorl with anthers; anthers straight after dehiscence, epidermis smooth; styles 6.7–13 mm. |
Capsules | cylindric, 30–43 × 12–17 mm, base tapering, not longitudinally ridged. |
usually cylindric, rarely cup-shaped, 10.4–25 × 5.5–8.3 mm, base tapering or rounded, not longitudinally ridged. |
Seeds | 2.3–4 mm; coat anticlinal cell walls straight, papillae 4–10 per cell. |
coat anticlinal cell walls straight, papillae 3–6 per cell. |
2n | = 22. |
= 22. |
Mentzelia decapetala |
Mentzelia inyoensis |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug(–Oct). | Flowering Jun–Aug. |
Habitat | Rock outcrops, slopes, dry short-grass prairies, riverbanks, roadsides, loam, limestone, sandy, silty, clayey, and gravelly soils. | Sparsely vegetated, gravelly slopes, gypsum or ash soils. |
Elevation | 300–2400 m. (1000–7900 ft.) | 1400–2000 m. (4600–6600 ft.) |
Distribution |
CO; IA; IL; KS; MN; MT; NE; NM; OK; SD; TX; UT; WY; AB; MB; SK
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CA; NV |
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 inyoensis is known only from Inyo and Mono counties, California, and Churchill and Esmeralda counties, Nevada. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 12, p. 504. | FNA vol. 12, p. 515. |
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) | H. J. Thompson & Prigge: Madroño 51: 379, figs. 1, 2. (2004) |
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