Loasaceae
Tropical blazingstar
Mentzelia aspera
- Family
- Loasaceae
- Genus
- Mentzelia
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Tropical blazingstar, Rough stickleaf, Tropical blazing star, Tropical stickleaf
- Spanish
- Dal-pega, Mosotillo de playa
Synonyms
- Acrolasia squalida Hook.f.
- Mentzelia aspera var. canescens Andersson
- Mentzelia aspera var. lobata Andersson
- Mentzelia aspera var. virescens Andersson
- Mentzelia corumbaensis Hoehne
- Mentzelia fragilis Huber
- Mentzelia pedicellata C.Presl
- Mentzelia propinqua F.Aresch.
- Mentzelia stipitata C.Presl
- Mentzelia triloba Ruiz & Pav.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Francisco Emilio Roldán Velasco, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Whitebract blazingstarMentzelia involucrataLoasaceae
- Ash Meadows blazingstarMentzelia leucophyllaLoasaceae
- Adonis blazingstarMentzelia multifloraLoasaceae
- Dwarf mentzeliaMentzelia pumilaLoasaceae
- United blazingstarMentzelia congestaLoasaceae
- Bushy blazingstarMentzelia dispersaLoasaceae
- Grass blazingstarMentzelia gracilentaLoasaceae
- Mentzelia hispidaLoasaceae
- Bractless blazingstarMentzelia nudaLoasaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.