Loasaceae

Adonis blazingstar

Mentzelia multiflora (Nutt.) A.Gray

Family: Loasaceae
Genus: Mentzelia

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Adonis blazingstar (Mentzelia multiflora) — FlowerPhoto: Elliott Gordon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (3)

Chinese: 阿多尼斯門澤草, 阿多尼斯门泽草
English: Adonis blazingstar
nv: Íiłtłʼį́hii

Synonyms

Bartonia multiflora Nutt.
Hesperaster multiflorus (Nutt.) Cockerell
Mentzelia lutea Greene
Mentzelia pumila var. multiflora (Nutt.) Urb. & Gilg
Nuttallia lutea (Greene) Greene
Nuttallia multiflora (Nutt.) Greene
Touterea lutea Rydb.
Touterea multiflora (Nutt.) Rydb.

Flowers

In flower: April to September (from 103 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Biennial, Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Elliott Gordon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Elliott Gordon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Without Borders, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: JerryFriedman, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Trevor Harding, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: dbugs, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Craig Martin, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: David Rankin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.