Mentzelia decapetala |
Mentzelia tiehmii |
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10-petal western star, evening starflower, gumbo-lily, tenpetal blazingstar |
Jerry's blazingstar, Tiehm's blazing star |
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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, straight; branches along entire stem, 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 19–47.5 × 5.8–9.1 mm, widest intersinus distance 4.6–7.1 mm; proximal oblanceolate to elliptic, margins dentate, teeth 6–20, perpendicular to leaf axis, 0.5–1.9 mm; distal lanceolate, deltate, or cordate, base clasping, margins entire or dentate, teeth 0–6, perpendicular to leaf axis, 0.4–1.4 mm; abaxial surface with complex grappling-hook trichomes, adaxial surface with complex grappling-hook and needlelike trichomes, both surfaces green, moderately hairy. |
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, 7.7–10.8 × 1.8–4.8 mm, apex rounded, glabrous abaxially; stamens golden yellow, 5 outermost petaloid, filaments narrowly spatulate, slightly clawed, 7–7.3 × 1.2–2 mm, with anthers, second whorl with anthers; anthers twisted after dehiscence, epidermis smooth; styles 5.8–8 mm. |
Capsules | cylindric, 30–43 × 12–17 mm, base tapering, not longitudinally ridged. |
cup-shaped, 4–6.6 × 4–7.4 mm, 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 15–46 per cell. |
2n | = 22. |
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Mentzelia decapetala |
Mentzelia tiehmii |
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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. | White, sparsely vegetated clay knolls rich in gypsum. |
Elevation | 300–2400 m. (1000–7900 ft.) | 1500–1600 m. (4900–5200 ft.) |
Distribution |
CO; IA; IL; KS; MN; MT; NE; NM; OK; SD; TX; UT; WY; AB; MB; SK
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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 tiehmii occurs in Lincoln and Nye counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 12, p. 504. | FNA vol. 12, p. 510. |
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) | N. H. Holmgren & P. K. Holmgren: Syst. Bot. 27: 748, fig. 1. (2002) |
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