Claim: Mentzelia pumila is a biennial medicinal wildflower of the genus Mentzelia, in the Loasaceae family of the kingdom Plantae that is found in the western United States and northwestern Mexico from Montana and North Dakota, south to Sonora and Chihuahua.
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. Loasaceae Family: Kingdom: Plantae