Mentzelia
# 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
