Accession Data
Mentzelia decapetala
Common Name: Tenpetal Blazingstar
Family: Loasaceae
Country of Origin: Great Plains, USA and Canada
Habitat: open sites, waste places
Description: Biennial or short-lived perennial with large, showy, vespertine flowers. Leaves and stems are covered with sticky, barbed trichomes that may discourage insect pests, and sometimes trap and kill insects.
Accession Data
Accession #: 202600040
Accession Date: 2026-06-04 00:00:00
Confirmed At: 2026-06-04 15:05:36
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 2210
Quantity: 2
Source: Andrea Appleton, Harvard
Provenance: Andrea Appleton, Harvard. Seed sown Feb. 2026, cold-stratified
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: asterids
Order: Cornales
Family: Loasaceae
SubFamily: Mentzelioideae
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