''Hackelia californica'' is a species of flowering plant in the
borage family known by the common name California stickseed.
Distribution
The plant is native to the mountain ranges of northern
California and southern
Oregon, including the southern
Cascade Range
The Cascade Range or Cascades is a major mountain range of western North America, extending from southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern California. It includes both non-volcanic mountains, such as the North Cascades, ...
, Northern
California Coast Ranges, and
Sierra Nevada
The Sierra Nevada () is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily ...
. It is found at elevations of , on slopes and meadows in
yellow pine forest
Ponderosa pine forest is a plant association and plant community dominated by ponderosa pine and found in western North America. It is found from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Coast Ranges in the Western United States and Western Canada. In ...
and
red fir forest habitats.
Description
''Hackelia californica'' is a leafy perennial herb grows in tall clumps and produces erect stems up to a meter in maximum height. The lance-shaped leaves are longest and most abundant near the base of the plant, where the longest are about 17 centimeters long.
The tips of the stems have few leaves and are occupied by cyme
inflorescences of white flowers. Each flower has five lobes with a small petallike appendage at its base. The bloom period is June to August.
The fruit is a prickly nutlet about 4 millimeters wide.
External links
''Hackelia californica'' (California stickseed)Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of ''Hackelia californica''
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californica
Flora of California
Flora of Oregon
Flora of the Cascade Range
Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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