Hackelia

Hackelia
	Hackelia diffusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Boraginales
Family:	Boraginaceae
Subfamily:	Boraginoideae
Genus:	Hackelia; Opiz
Type species
	Hackelia deflexa; Opiz
Species
	About 40, including:; Hackelia virginiana; Hackelia micrantha

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 Josef Hackel, 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
Hackelia besseyi (Rydb.) J.L. Gentry - Bessey's stickseed
Hackelia brevicula - Poison Canyon stickseed
Hackelia californica - California stickseed
Hackelia cinerea - gray stickseed
Hackelia cronquistii - Cronquist's stickseed
Hackelia cusickii - Cusick's stickseed
Hackelia diffusa - Spreading stickseed
Hackelia floribunda - manyflower stickseed
Hackelia hispida - showy stickseed
Hackelia micrantha - Jessica sticktight
Hackelia mundula - pink stickseed
Hackelia patens - 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.

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[1] 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.

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