Claim: Mentzelia pumila is a flowering plant in the Loasaceae family of the kingdom Plantae.
Evidence: Mentzelia pumila, (dwarf mentzelia, desert blazing star, blazing star, bullet stickleaf, golden blazing star, yellow mentzelia, evening star, moonflower, Wyoming stickleaf, etc.) is a biennial wildflower found in the western United States and northwestern Mexico from Montana and North Dakota, south to Sonora and Chihuahua. Kingdom: Plantae Family: Loasaceae