Mentzelia decapetala |
Mentzelia saxicola |
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10-petal western star, evening starflower, gumbo-lily, tenpetal blazingstar |
El Paso blazingstar |
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Habit | Plants biennial or perennial, bushlike, perennials with ground-level caudices. | Plants usually biennial, rarely perennial, bushlike or 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 or multiple, erect, 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 21–44.4 × 5.9–11.2 mm, widest intersinus distance 1.6–3.4 mm; proximal oblanceolate to elliptic, margins pinnate, lobes 6–14, slightly antrorse, 2.4–3.9 mm; distal oblanceolate, elliptic, or lanceolate, base not clasping, margins pinnate, lobes 4–12, slightly antrorse, 1.8–3.9 mm; abaxial surface with simple grappling-hook and complex grappling-hook trichomes, adaxial surface with simple grappling-hook and 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 light to golden yellow, 11.7–16.6 × 3.8–4.8 mm, apex rounded, glabrous abaxially; stamens light to golden yellow, 5 outermost petaloid, filaments narrowly spatulate, slightly clawed, 10.4–14.6 × 2–3.8 mm, usually without, rarely with, anthers, second whorl with anthers; anthers twisted or straight after dehiscence, epidermis papillate or not; styles 6.8–9 mm. |
Capsules | cylindric, 30–43 × 12–17 mm, base tapering, not longitudinally ridged. |
cup-shaped, 7–11.9 × 5.7–7.3 mm, length to 2 times diam., 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, papillae 38–45 per cell. |
2n | = 22. |
= 20. |
Mentzelia decapetala |
Mentzelia saxicola |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug(–Oct). | Flowering Mar–Oct. |
Habitat | Rock outcrops, slopes, dry short-grass prairies, riverbanks, roadsides, loam, limestone, sandy, silty, clayey, and gravelly soils. | Dry roadsides, slopes. |
Elevation | 300–2400 m. (1000–7900 ft.) | 500–1500 m. (1600–4900 ft.) |
Distribution |
CO; IA; IL; KS; MN; MT; NE; NM; OK; SD; TX; UT; WY; AB; MB; SK
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TX; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Zacatecas) |
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 saxicola occurs in the flora area in El Paso, Hudspeth, and Presidio counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 12, p. 504. | FNA vol. 12, p. 508. |
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 & Zavortink: Wrightia 4: 22. (1968) |
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