Mentzelia

Mentzelia is a genus of about 60-70 species of flowering plants in the family Loasaceae, native to the Americas. The genus comprises annual, biennial, and perennial herbaceous plants and a few shrubs.

They are commonly called blazing stars or stickleafs; other names include evening stars and moonflowers.

Selected species

 * Mentzelia affinis Greene – Yellowcomet
 * Mentzelia albescens (Gillies & Arn.) Griseb.
 * Mentzelia albicaulis (Douglas ex Hook.) Douglas ex Torr. & A.Gray – Whitestem blazingstar
 * Mentzelia aspera L.
 * Mentzelia candelariae H.J. Thomp. & Prigge – Candelaria blazingstar
 * Mentzelia chrysantha Engelm. ex Brandegee
 * Mentzelia congesta Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray – United blazingstar
 * Mentzelia conzattii Greenm.
 * Mentzelia cordifolia Dombey ex Urb. & Gilg
 * Mentzelia crocea Kellogg – Sierra blazingstar
 * Mentzelia decapetala (Pursh ex Sims) Urb. & Gilg – Tenpetal blazingstar
 * Mentzelia densa Greene
 * Mentzelia desertorum (Davidson) H.J. Thomp. & Roberts – Desert blazingstar
 * Mentzelia dispersa S.Watson – Mada stickleaf
 * Mentzelia eremophila – Pinyon blazingstar
 * Mentzelia fendleriana Urb. & Gilg
 * Mentzelia goodrichii Thorne & S.L. Welsh – Goodrich's blazingstar
 * Mentzelia gracilenta – Grass blazingstar
 * Mentzelia hirsutissima
 * Mentzelia hirsutissima var. nesiotes
 * Mentzelia hispida
 * Mentzelia involucrata – Sand blazingstar, white-bract blazingstar
 * Mentzelia inyoensis – Inyo blazingstar
 * Mentzelia jonesii – Jones' blazingstar
 * Mentzelia laevicaulis (Douglas ex Hook.) Torr. & A.Gray – Giant blazingstar
 * Mentzelia leucophylla Brandegee
 * Mentzelia lindleyi Torr. & A.Gray - Lindley's blazingstar
 * Mentzelia memorabilis N. H. Holmgren & P. K. Holmgren - Nine-eleven blazingstar, September 11 stickleaf
 * Mentzelia micrantha – San Luis blazingstar
 * Mentzelia mollis M.Peck
 * Mentzelia montana – Variegated-bract blazingstar
 * Mentzelia multiflora (Nutt.) A.Gray – Adonis blazingstar
 * Mentzelia nitens – Shining blazingstar
 * Mentzelia nuda (Pursh) Torr. & A.Gray
 * Mentzelia oligosperma Nutt. ex Sims
 * Mentzelia oreophila – Argus blazingstar
 * Mentzelia packardiae Glad
 * Mentzelia parvifolia Urb. & Gilg ex Kurtz
 * Mentzelia pectinata – San Joaquin blazingstar
 * Mentzelia polita – Polished blazingstar
 * Mentzelia pterosperma
 * Mentzelia pumila Nutt. ex. Torr. & A. Gray – Dwarf mentzelia
 * Mentzelia reflexa – Reflexed blazingstar
 * Mentzelia rhizomata Reveal
 * Mentzelia scabra Kunth
 * Mentzelia springeri – Santa Fe blazingstar
 * Mentzelia tiehmii
 * Mentzelia todiltoensis
 * Mentzelia torreyi – Torrey's blazingstar
 * Mentzelia tricuspis – Spinyhair blazingstar
 * Mentzelia veatchiana – Veatch's blazingstar