Mentzelia

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Mentzelia - genus of bristly herbs or subshrubs of western America lacking stinging hairsgenus Mentzeliadilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbsfamily Loasaceae, loasa family, Loasaceae - family of bristly hairy sometimes climbing plants; America and Africa and southern Arabiablazing star, Mentzelia laevicaulis, Mentzelia livicaulis - biennial of southwestern United States having white stems and toothed leaves that is grown for its large pale yellow flowers that open in early morningbartonia, Mentzelia lindleyi - annual grown especially for its fragrant golden nocturnal flowers