Mentzelia decapetala |
Mentzelia rusbyi |
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10-petal western star, evening starflower, gumbo-lily, tenpetal blazingstar |
Rusby's blazingstar, Rusby's stickleaf |
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Habit | Plants biennial or perennial, bushlike, perennials with ground-level caudices. | Plants biennial or perennial, candelabra-form, perennials with ground-level caudices. |
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 41–123 × 6.4–26.4 mm, widest intersinus distance 4.8–18 mm; proximal spatulate, elliptic, or lanceolate, margins dentate, teeth 10–24, perpendicular to leaf axis, 0.6–3.6 mm; distal lanceolate, base not clasping, margins dentate, teeth 10–22, perpendicular to leaf axis, 1.2–6 mm; abaxial surface with simple grappling-hook, complex grappling-hook, and needlelike trichomes, adaxial surface with simple grappling-hook and needlelike trichomes. |
Bracts | margins pinnate. |
margins 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 light yellow, 11.8–23.8 × 3–6.9 mm, apex acute, glabrous abaxially; stamens light yellow, 5 outermost petaloid, filaments narrowly spatulate, slightly clawed, 9.2–19.5 × 1.5–4.5 mm, usually without, rarely with, anthers, second whorl with anthers; anthers straight after dehiscence, epidermis smooth; styles 9–14 mm. |
Capsules | cylindric, 30–43 × 12–17 mm, base tapering, not longitudinally ridged. |
cylindric, (13–)18.8–29 × 7–10.5 mm, base tapering to rounded, longitudinally ridged. |
Seeds | 2.3–4 mm; coat anticlinal cell walls straight, papillae 4–10 per cell. |
coat anticlinal cell walls sinuous, papillae 23–54 per cell. |
2n | = 22. |
= 20. |
Mentzelia decapetala |
Mentzelia rusbyi |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug(–Oct). | Flowering Jul–Aug(–Sep). |
Habitat | Rock outcrops, slopes, dry short-grass prairies, riverbanks, roadsides, loam, limestone, sandy, silty, clayey, and gravelly soils. | Mesic habitats, moist washes, roadsides, roadcuts, steep to gentle slopes, disturbed sites, rocky soils composed of sand and loam. |
Elevation | 300–2400 m. (1000–7900 ft.) | 1800–3100 m. (5900–10200 ft.) |
Distribution |
CO; IA; IL; KS; MN; MT; NE; NM; OK; SD; TX; UT; WY; AB; MB; SK
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AZ; CO; NM; UT; WY
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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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 12, p. 504. | FNA vol. 12, p. 508. |
Parent taxa | Loasaceae > Mentzelia > sect. Bartonia | Loasaceae > Mentzelia > sect. Bartonia |
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Synonyms | Bartonia decapetala | Nuttallia rusbyi |
Name authority | (Pursh) Urban: Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 10: 263. (1892) | Wooton: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 261. (1898) |
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