Species
Lindley’s blazingstar
Mentzelia lindleyi
Varieties
2 entries| Variety | Description | Prices (EUR) | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mentzelia lindleyi -BSI-H44000 | — |
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| Bartonia aureaBSI-FL34834 | — |
| Details |
Mentzelia lindleyi is an annual in Loasaceae, with Bartonia aurea as its older name.
Botanical characteristics
Its flowers have petals that are orange near the base and yellow towards the tips, with many conspicuous stamens. They are individual flowers, rather than the composite heads of Asteraceae. This distinction adds botanical precision to the yellow-flowered seed assortment.
Bartonia and Mentzelia names
Bartonia aurea and Mentzelia lindleyi retain the older and current botanical reference names.
At a glance
Species profile
Characteristics
- Life cycle
- Annual
Botanical details
- Botanical name
- Mentzelia lindleyi
- Common names
- blazingstar; golden bartonia; lindley's blazingstar
- Synonyms
- acrolasia aurea; bartonia aurea; chrysostoma aurea; mentzelia aurea; mentzelia bartonia; mentzelia lindleyi lindleyi; mentzelia lindleyi typica
- Order
- Cornales
- Family
- Loasaceae
- Genus
- Mentzelia
- Species
- Mentzelia lindleyi