title: Mentzelia
text: # 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
  