Mentzelia decapetala |
Mentzelia springeri |
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10-petal western star, evening starflower, gumbo-lily, tenpetal blazingstar |
Santa Fe blazingstar, Springer's or Santa Fe 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 or decumbent, straight; branches 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 18–56 × 1.9–5.9 mm, widest intersinus distance 0.7–2.1 mm; proximal oblanceolate to elliptic, margins dentate to pinnate, teeth or lobes 6–12, perpendicular to leaf axis, 0.8–2.1 mm; distal elliptic, lanceolate, or linear, base not clasping, margins usually dentate, rarely entire, teeth (0–)4–6, perpendicular to leaf axis, 0.4–2.1 mm; abaxial surface with simple grappling-hook, complex grappling-hook, and needlelike trichomes, adaxial surface with simple grappling-hook, needlelike, and rarely complex grappling-hook 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 golden yellow, 8.7–14.2 × 3.1–4.7 mm, apex rounded, glabrous abaxially; stamens golden yellow, 5 outermost petaloid, filaments narrowly spatulate, slightly clawed, 7–13.1 × 2–3.3 mm, without anthers, second whorl with anthers; anthers straight after dehiscence, epidermis smooth; styles 6.2–8.3 mm. |
Capsules | cylindric, 30–43 × 12–17 mm, base tapering, not longitudinally ridged. |
cup-shaped to cylindric, 5.9–10.3 × 3.8–4.8 mm, base rounded to occasionally tapering, not longitudinally ridged. |
Seeds | 2.3–4 mm; coat anticlinal cell walls straight, papillae 4–10 per cell. |
coat anticlinal cell walls wavy, papillae 24–27 per cell. |
2n | = 22. |
= 22. |
Mentzelia decapetala |
Mentzelia springeri |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug(–Oct). | Flowering Mar–Aug. |
Habitat | Rock outcrops, slopes, dry short-grass prairies, riverbanks, roadsides, loam, limestone, sandy, silty, clayey, and gravelly soils. | Sparsely vegetated, steep talus and pumice slopes. |
Elevation | 300–2400 m. (1000–7900 ft.) | 1600–2200 m. (5200–7200 ft.) |
Distribution |
CO; IA; IL; KS; MN; MT; NE; NM; OK; SD; TX; UT; WY; AB; MB; SK
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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 springeri is known only from Los Alamos and Sandoval counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 12, p. 504. | FNA vol. 12, p. 509. |
Parent taxa | Loasaceae > Mentzelia > sect. Bartonia | Loasaceae > Mentzelia > sect. Bartonia |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Bartonia decapetala | Nuttallia springeri |
Name authority | (Pursh) Urban: Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 10: 263. (1892) | (Standley) Tidestrom: in I. Tidestrom and M. T. Kittell, Fl. Ariz. New Mex., 288. (1941) |
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