-Plants (Kingdom Plantae)

-Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)

-Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)

-Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)

-Dogwoods, Hydrangeas, and Allies (Order Cornales)

-Stickleaf Family (Family Loasaceae)

-Blazingstars (Genus Mentzelia)

-Section Mentzelia

-Tropical Blazingstar (Mentzelia aspera)

Also known as Tropical stickleaf. The flower has five shiny yellow petals 2 to 7 millimeters long each. The fruit is a narrow, straight or curving utricle 1 to 3 centimeters long. It contains many angular seeds covered in tiny bumps. Tropical blazingstar are recognizable by the little star-shaped flowers that open in the evening instead of during the day. Little hairs on the plants in this genus will stick to clothing and animal fur when brushed against. These plants attract bees, butterflies, and other pollinators.