Blazingstars
Mentzelia
Mentzelia is a genus of about 100 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.
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Bartonia
sectionBartonia
Trachyphytum
sectionTrachyphytum
Bicuspidaria
sectionBicuspidaria
Mentzelia
sectionMentzelia
Streambank Stickleaf
speciesMentzelia hispida
Baja California stickleaf
speciesMentzelia adhaerens
Micromentzelia
sectionMicromentzelia
Dendromentzelia
sectionDendromentzelia
Streambank Blazingstar
speciesMentzelia incisa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53921.