Hackelia
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.
| Hackelia | |
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| 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 | |
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About 40, including: | |
The genus was named after Josef Hackel, a Czech botanist.
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
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