Loasaceae
Bushy blazingstar
Mentzelia dispersa
- Family
- Loasaceae
- Genus
- Mentzelia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Bushy blazingstar
Synonyms
- Acrolasia albicaulis var. integrifolia (S.Watson) Daniels
- Acrolasia compacta (A.Nelson) Rydb.
- Acrolasia dispersa (S.Watson) Rydb.
- Acrolasia dispersa (S.Watson) Davidson
- Acrolasia integrifolia (Rydb.) Rydb.
- Acrolasia latifolia Rydb.
- Acrolasia pinetorum (A.Heller) A.Heller
- Mentzelia albicaulis var. integrifolia S.Watson
- Mentzelia compacta A.Nelson
- Mentzelia dispersa var. compacta (A.Nelson) J.F.Macbr.
- Mentzelia dispersa var. dispersa
- Mentzelia dispersa var. latifolia (Rydb.) J.F.Macbr.
- Mentzelia dispersa var. obtusa Jeps.
- Mentzelia dispersa var. pinetorum (A.Heller) Jeps.
- Mentzelia integrifolia Rydb.
- Mentzelia integrifolia var. genuina Urb. & Gilg
- Mentzelia latifolia (Rydb.) A.Nelson
- Mentzelia pinetorum A.Heller
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Mentzelia
- Smoothstem blazingstarMentzelia laevicaulisLoasaceae
- Lindley's blazingstarMentzelia lindleyiLoasaceae
- Tropical blazingstarMentzelia asperaLoasaceae
- Tenpetal blazingstarMentzelia decapetalaLoasaceae
- Whitebract blazingstarMentzelia involucrataLoasaceae
- Ash Meadows blazingstarMentzelia leucophyllaLoasaceae
- Adonis blazingstarMentzelia multifloraLoasaceae
- Dwarf mentzeliaMentzelia pumilaLoasaceae
- United blazingstarMentzelia congestaLoasaceae
- 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.