Mentzelia decapetala |
Mentzelia laciniata |
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10-petal western star, evening starflower, gumbo-lily, tenpetal blazingstar |
cut-leaf blazingstar |
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Habit | Plants biennial or perennial, bushlike, perennials with ground-level caudices. | Plants biennial, bushlike or 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 or along entire stem, distal or proximal 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 52–112 × (5.4–)8.3–25 mm, widest intersinus distance 1.4–4 mm; proximal oblanceolate or elliptic, margins pinnatisect, lobes 8–20, slightly antrorse, 4.2–7.4(–10.7) mm; distal oblanceolate, elliptic, or lanceolate, base not clasping, margins usually pinnatisect, sometimes pinnate, especially near apex, lobes 8–18, slightly antrorse, 3–10.8 mm; abaxial surface with simple grappling-hook, complex grappling-hook, and needlelike trichomes, adaxial surface with needlelike trichomes. |
Bracts | margins pinnate. |
margins usually entire, rarely 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, 14–23.8(–26) × 3.8–7.4 mm, apex acute to rounded, glabrous abaxially; stamens golden yellow, 5 outermost petaloid, filaments narrowly spatulate to elliptic, slightly clawed, 12–20.4 × 2.5–4.9 mm, usually without, rarely with, anthers, second whorl with anthers; anthers straight after dehiscence, epidermis smooth; styles 9.2–17.7 mm. |
Capsules | cylindric, 30–43 × 12–17 mm, base tapering, not longitudinally ridged. |
cylindric, 12–20.2 × 4.5–8.1 mm, base tapering, not longitudinally ridged. |
Seeds | 2.3–4 mm; coat anticlinal cell walls straight, papillae 4–10 per cell. |
coat anticlinal cell walls sinuous, papillae 5–14 per cell. |
2n | = 22. |
= 20. |
Mentzelia decapetala |
Mentzelia laciniata |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug(–Oct). | Flowering Jun–Sep. |
Habitat | Rock outcrops, slopes, dry short-grass prairies, riverbanks, roadsides, loam, limestone, sandy, silty, clayey, and gravelly soils. | Dry hillsides, roadcuts, roadsides, sandy or clayey soils. |
Elevation | 300–2400 m. (1000–7900 ft.) | 1400–2300 m. (4600–7500 ft.) |
Distribution |
CO; IA; IL; KS; MN; MT; NE; NM; OK; SD; TX; UT; WY; AB; MB; SK
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CO; 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 laciniata is found in southwestern Colorado and northwestern New Mexico, where it does not extend as far west as the Chuska Mountains. (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 | Touterea laciniata |
Name authority | (Pursh) Urban: Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 10: 263. (1892) | (Rydberg) J. Darlington: Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 21: 173. (1934) |
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