mentzelia
Noun
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Genus of bristly herbs or subshrubs of western America lacking stinging hairs (synset 112055892)
is a type of: dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbsmember holonym:
- blazing 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 morning
- bartonia, mentzelia lindleyi - annual grown especially for its fragrant golden nocturnal flowers
belongs to: family loasaceae, loasa family, loasaceae - family of bristly hairy sometimes climbing plants; America and Africa and southern Arabiasame as: genus mentzelia
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