Mentzelia decapetala |
Mentzelia todiltoensis |
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10-petal western star, evening starflower, gumbo-lily, tenpetal blazingstar |
Jemez Mountains blazingstar |
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Habit | Plants biennial or perennial, bushlike, perennials with ground-level caudices. | Plants biennial or perennial, bushlike, 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, 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 41–121 × 1.5–40 mm, widest intersinus distance 1.1–3.3 mm; proximal oblanceolate, elliptic, or linear, margins entire or serrate to pinnatisect, teeth or lobes 0–26, slightly antrorse, (0.9–)2.4–18.6 mm; distal oblanceolate, elliptic, lanceolate, or linear, base not clasping, margins entire, serrate, or pinnatisect, teeth or lobes 0–22, slightly antrorse, 0.8–18 mm; abaxial surface with needlelike and occasionally simple grappling-hook and/or complex grappling-hook trichomes, adaxial surface with needlelike trichomes. |
Bracts | margins pinnate. |
margins entire or 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 to golden yellow, (10.4–)11.7–24.6 × 1.8–5.1 mm, apex acute to rounded, glabrous abaxially; stamens light to golden yellow, 5 outermost petaloid, filaments narrowly spatulate, slightly clawed, 10–21 × 1.4–4 mm, without anthers, second whorl with anthers; anthers twisted or occasionally straight after dehiscence, epidermis papillate; styles 5.5–12.7 mm. |
Capsules | cylindric, 30–43 × 12–17 mm, base tapering, not longitudinally ridged. |
cup-shaped to cylindric, 6.7–20.2 × 4.5–8.5 mm, base tapering or rounded, not longitudinally ridged. |
Seeds | 2.3–4 mm; coat anticlinal cell walls straight, papillae 4–10 per cell. |
coat anticlinal cell walls sinuous, papillae 6–12 per cell. |
2n | = 22. |
= 20. |
Mentzelia decapetala |
Mentzelia todiltoensis |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug(–Oct). | Flowering Jul–Oct. |
Habitat | Rock outcrops, slopes, dry short-grass prairies, riverbanks, roadsides, loam, limestone, sandy, silty, clayey, and gravelly soils. | Hillside slopes, hilltops, hard gypsum-rich clayey soils. |
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 todiltoensis occurs in northcentral New Mexico. (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) | N. D. Atwood & S. L. Welsh: W. N. Amer. Naturalist 65: 365, fig. 1. (2005) |
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