Hackelia
| Hackelia | |
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| Hackelia diffusa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Subfamily: | Boraginoideae |
| Genus: | Hackelia Opiz |
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About 40, including: | |
Hackelia (stickseeds) is a genus of plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. They are found in North America and southeast Asia. Of the approximately 40 species described, 10 are endemic to California.
The genus was named after , a Czech botanist. The common name, stickseed, refers to the tendency of the barbed nutlets to stick to animal fur.[1]
Selected species:
- Hackelia amethystina - amethyst stickseed
- Hackelia bella - greater showy stickseed
- (Rydb.) J.L. Gentry - Bessey's stickseed
- Hackelia brevicula - Poison Canyon stickseed
- Hackelia californica - California stickseed
- - gray stickseed
- Hackelia cronquistii - Cronquist's stickseed
- Hackelia cusickii - Cusick's stickseed
- Hackelia diffusa - Spreading stickseed
- Hackelia floribunda - manyflower stickseed
- - showy stickseed
- Hackelia micrantha - Jessica sticktight
- Hackelia mundula - pink stickseed
- - spotted stickseed
- Hackelia nervosa - Sierra stickseed
- Hackelia setosa - bristly stickseed
- Hackelia sharsmithii - Sharsmith's stickseed
- Hackelia velutina - velvet stickseed
- Hackelia venusta - lesser showy stickseed
- Hackelia virginiana - beggar's lice
References[]
- ^ Taylor, Ronald J. (1994) [1992]. Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary (rev. ed.). Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Pub. Co. p. 24. ISBN 0-87842-280-3. OCLC 25708726.
External links[]
- USDA Plants Profile
- Calflora Database: Hackelia species index in California
- Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Hackelia in California[permanent dead link]
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- Boraginaceae genera
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