Loasaceae
Tenpetal blazingstar
Mentzelia decapetala
- Family
- Loasaceae
- Genus
- Mentzelia
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Tenpetal blazingstar
- German
- Zehnblättrige Mentzelie
Synonyms
- Bartonia decapetala Sims
- Bartonia ornata Pursh
- Hesperaster decapetalus (Sims) Cockerell
- Mentzelia ornata (Pursh) Torr. & A.Gray
- Nuttallia decapetala (Sims) Greene
- Torreya ornata (Pursh) Eaton
- Touterea decapetala Rydb.
- Touterea ornata Eaton & Wright
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kara White https://www.inaturalist.org/people/kara_white, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alaina Krakowiak https://www.inaturalist.org/people/alainakrakowiak, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cecelia Alexander https://www.inaturalist.org/people/aspidoscelis, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cecelia Alexander https://www.inaturalist.org/people/aspidoscelis, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cecelia Alexander https://www.inaturalist.org/people/aspidoscelis, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sarahcalgary https://www.inaturalist.org/people/sarahcalgary, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Ash Meadows blazingstarMentzelia leucophyllaLoasaceae
- Adonis blazingstarMentzelia multifloraLoasaceae
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- United blazingstarMentzelia congestaLoasaceae
- Bushy blazingstarMentzelia dispersaLoasaceae
- Grass blazingstarMentzelia gracilentaLoasaceae
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- 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.