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|accepted_name=Mentzelia decapetala
|accepted_authority=(Pursh) Urban
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges.
|place=10: 263. 1892
|year=1892
}}
|common_names=Gumbo-lily;10-petalled western star
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Bartonia decapetala
|authority=Pursh
|publication_title=Bot. Mag.
|publication_place=36: plate 1487. 1812
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Loasaceae;Mentzelia;Mentzelia sect. Bartonia;Mentzelia decapetala
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Loasaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Mentzelia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Mentzelia sect. Bartonia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Mentzelia decapetala]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 497, 499
|treatment_page=page 504
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>biennial or perennial, bushlike, perennials with ground-level caudices. <b>Stems</b> solitary, erect, straight; branches distal or along entire stem, proximal or distal longest, antrorse, straight to upcurved; hairy. <b>Leaves</b>: blade 72–295 × 14–45 mm, widest intersinus distance 10.1–23.3 mm; proximal oblanceolate or elliptic, margins serrate to pinnate, teeth or lobes 16–26, slightly antrorse, 1–16.5 mm; distal elliptic to lanceolate, base clasping or not, margins serrate to pinnate, teeth or lobes 9–20, slightly antrorse, 5.3–13.7 mm; surfaces with needlelike trichomes. <b>Bracts</b>: margins pinnate. <b>Flowers</b>: petals white, 47–75 × 13–22.7 mm, apex acute to attenuate, glabrous abaxially; stamens white to yellow, 5 outermost petaloid, filaments spatulate, strongly clawed, 48–75 × 12–23 mm, without anthers, second whorl with anthers; anthers straight after dehiscence, epidermis smooth; styles 36–53 mm. <b>Capsules</b> cylindric, 30–43 × 12–17 mm, base tapering, not longitudinally ridged. <b>Seeds</b> 2.3–4 mm; coat anticlinal cell walls straight, papillae 4–10 per cell. <b>2n</b> = 22.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jun–Aug(–Oct).
|habitat=Rock outcrops, slopes, dry short-grass prairies, riverbanks, roadsides, loam, limestone, sandy, silty, clayey, and gravelly soils.
|elevation=300–2400 m.
|distribution=Alta.;Man.;Sask.;Colo.;Ill.;Iowa;Kans.;Minn.;Mont.;Nebr.;N.Mex.;Okla.;S.Dak.;Tex.;Utah;Wyo.
|discussion=<p><i>Mentzelia decapetala</i> is introduced in Grundy County, Illinois. It appears to be native throughout the rest of its distribution.</p>
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name=Mentzelia decapetala
|author=
|authority=(Pursh) Urban
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Bartonia decapetala
|family=Loasaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jun–Aug(–Oct).
|habitat=Rock outcrops, slopes, dry short-grass prairies, riverbanks, roadsides, loam, limestone, sandy, silty, clayey, and gravelly soils.
|elevation=300–2400 m.
|distribution=Alta.;Man.;Sask.;Colo.;Ill.;Iowa;Kans.;Minn.;Mont.;Nebr.;N.Mex.;Okla.;S.Dak.;Tex.;Utah;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges.
|publication year=1892
|special status=Weedy;Endemic
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V12/V12_1075.xml
|genus=Mentzelia
|section=Mentzelia sect. Bartonia
|species=Mentzelia decapetala
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