# Mentzelia

Mentzelia is a genus of about 100 species of flowering plants in the family Loasaceae, native to the Americas. The genus comprises annual, biennial, and perennial herbaceous plants and a few shrubs.
They are commonly called blazing stars or stickleafs; other names include evening stars and moonflowers.

## Species

According to Plants of the World Online there are 100 species in this genus.
* Mentzelia adhaerens Benth.
* Mentzelia affinis Greene
* Mentzelia albescens (Gillies ex Arn.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Griseb.
* Mentzelia albicaulis (Douglas ex Hook.) Douglas ex Torr. & A.Gray
* Mentzelia angurate Weigend
* Mentzelia arborescens Urb. & Gilg
* Mentzelia argillicola N.H.Holmgren & P.K.Holmgren
* Mentzelia argillosa J.Darl.
* Mentzelia aspera L.
* Mentzelia asperula Wooton & Standl.
* Mentzelia candelariae H.J.Thomps. & Prigge
* Mentzelia canyonensis J.J.Schenk, W.C.Hodgs. & L.Hufford
* Mentzelia chrysantha Engelm.
* Mentzelia collomiae Christy
* Mentzelia congesta (Nutt.) Torr. & A.Gray
* Mentzelia conspicua Todsen
* Mentzelia conzattii Greenm.
* Mentzelia crocea Kellogg
* Mentzelia cronquistii H.J.Thomps. & Prigge
* Mentzelia decapetala (Sims) Urb.
* Mentzelia densa Greene
* Mentzelia desertorum (Davidson) H.J.Thomps. & J.E.Roberts
* Mentzelia dispersa S.Watson
* Mentzelia eremophila (Jeps.) H.J.Thomps. & J.E.Roberts
* Mentzelia filifolia J.J.Schenk & L.Hufford
* Mentzelia floridana Nutt.
* Mentzelia flumensevera (N.H.Holmgren & P.K.Holmgren) J.J.Schenk & L.Hufford
* Mentzelia goodrichii Thorne & S.L.Welsh
* Mentzelia gracilenta Torr. & A.Gray
* Mentzelia gypsophila B.L.Turner
* Mentzelia heterosepala Weigend & E.Rodr.
* Mentzelia hirsutissima S.Watson
* Mentzelia hispida Willd.
* Mentzelia holmgreniorum J.J.Schenk & L.Hufford
* Mentzelia hualapaiensis J.J.Schenk, W.C.Hodgs. & L.Hufford
* Mentzelia humilis (Urb. & Gilg) J.Darl.
* Mentzelia incisa Urb. & Gilg
* Mentzelia integra (M.E.Jones) Tidestr.
* Mentzelia involucrata S.Watson
* Mentzelia inyoensis H.J.Thomps. & Prigge
* Mentzelia isolata Gentry
* Mentzelia jonesii (Urb. & Gilg) H.J.Thomps. & J.E.Roberts
* Mentzelia laciniata (Rydb.) J.Darl.
* Mentzelia laevicaulis (Douglas ex Hook.) Torr. & A.Gray
* Mentzelia lagarosa (K.H.Thorne) J.J.Schenk & L.Hufford
* Mentzelia leucophylla Brandegee
* Mentzelia librina (K.H.Thorne & F.J.Sm.) J.J.Schenk & L.Hufford
* Mentzelia lindheimeri Urb. & Gilg
* Mentzelia lindleyi Torr. & A.Gray
* Mentzelia longiloba J.Darl.
* Mentzelia marginata (Osterh.) H.J.Thomps. & Prigge
* Mentzelia memorabilis N.H.Holmgren & P.K.Holmgren
* Mentzelia mexicana H.J.Thomps. & Zavort.
* Mentzelia micrantha (Hook. & Arn.) Torr. & A.Gray
* Mentzelia mollis M.Peck
* Mentzelia monoensis Brokaw & L.Hufford
* Mentzelia montana (Davidson) Davidson
* Mentzelia multicaulis (Osterh.) J.Darl.
* Mentzelia multiflora (Nutt.) A.Gray
* Mentzelia nesiotes (I.M.Johnst.) Brokaw & J.J.Schenk
* Mentzelia nitens Greene
* Mentzelia nuda (Pursh) Torr. & A.Gray
* Mentzelia obscura H.J.Thomps. & J.E.Roberts
* Mentzelia oligosperma Nutt. ex Sims
* Mentzelia oreophila J.Darl.
* Mentzelia pachyrhiza I.M.Johnst.
* Mentzelia packardiae Glad
* Mentzelia paradoxensis J.J.Schenk & L.Hufford
* Mentzelia parvifolia Urb. & Gilg ex Kurtz
* Mentzelia pattersonii B.L.Turner
* Mentzelia pectinata Kellogg
* Mentzelia perennis Wooton
* Mentzelia polita A.Nelson
* Mentzelia procera (Wooton & Standl.) J.J.Schenk & L.Hufford
* Mentzelia pterosperma Eastw.
* Mentzelia puberula J.Darl.
* Mentzelia pumila Torr. & A.Gray
* Mentzelia ravenii H.J.Thomps. & J.E.Roberts
* Mentzelia reflexa Coville
* Mentzelia reverchonii (Urb. & Gilg) H.J.Thomps. & Zavort.
* Mentzelia rhizomata Reveal
* Mentzelia rusbyi Wooton
* Mentzelia saxicola H.J.Thomps. & Zavort.
* Mentzelia scabra Kunth
* Mentzelia sericea Weigend
* Mentzelia shultziorum Prigge
* Mentzelia sivinskii J.J.Schenk & L.Hufford
* Mentzelia solieri (Gay) Urb. & Gilg
* Mentzelia speciosa Osterh.
* Mentzelia springeri (Standl.) Tidestr.
* Mentzelia strictissima (Wooton & Standl.) J.Darl.
* Mentzelia texana Urb. & Gilg
* Mentzelia thompsonii Glad
* Mentzelia tiehmii N.H.Holmgren & P.K.Holmgren
* Mentzelia todiltoensis N.D.Atwood & S.L.Welsh
* Mentzelia torreyi A.Gray
* Mentzelia tricuspis A.Gray
* Mentzelia tridentata (Davidson) H.J.Thomps. & J.E.Roberts
* Mentzelia uintahensis (N.H.Holmgren & P.K.Holmgren) J.J.Schenk & L.Hufford
* Mentzelia veatchiana Kellogg