''Hackelia cronquistii'' is a species of flowering plant in the
borage family known by the common name Cronquist's stickseed.
This species was formerly treated as a
variety of ''
Hackelia patens'', until elevated to its own
species status in 1972.
[''Hackelia cronquistii''.]
Oregon Department of Agriculture.
Distribution
It is
endemic to
Oregon and
Idaho in the
Great Basin
The Great Basin is the largest area of contiguous endorheic basin, endorheic watersheds, those with no outlets, in North America. It spans nearly all of Nevada, much of Utah, and portions of California, Idaho, Oregon, Wyoming, and Baja California ...
region and the
Northwestern United States. It is native to a small area around the Oregon−Idaho border.
[''Hackelia cronquistii''.]
The Nature Conservancy.[''Hackelia cronquistii''.]
Center for Plant Conservation. It was known from just one population until 1982, when more were found.
[ It was thought to be just from Oregon until 1993, when it was found in Idaho.][ There are about 52 populations known today. Though endemic to only the one small region and a listed Vulnerable species, it is considered locally stable.][
It It grows on sandy soils in sagebrush scrub habitat dominated by '' Artemisia tridentata''.][
Associated plant species include '' Achillea millefolium'', '']Achnatherum hymenoides
''Eriocoma hymenoides'' (common names: Indian ricegrass and sand rice grass) is a cool-season, Perennial plant, perennial bunchgrass with narrow, rolled leaf blades.Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd Ed., p287 It is native to western Nort ...
'', '' Arabis'' sp., '' Balsamorhiza sagittata'', '' Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus'', ''Crepis acuminata
''Crepis acuminata'' is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name tapertip hawksbeard. It is native to the western United States where it grows in many types of open habitat.
Description
''Crep ...
'', ''Ericameria nauseosa
''Ericameria nauseosa'' (formerly ''Chrysothamnus nauseosus''), commonly known as Chamisa, rubber rabbitbrush, and gray rabbitbrush, is a shrub in the sunflower family (Aster) found in the arid regions of western North America.
Two subspeci ...
'', ''Eriophyllum lanatum
''Eriophyllum lanatum'', with the common names common woolly sunflower, Oregon sunshine and golden yarrow, is a common, widespread, North American plant in the family Asteraceae.Sierra Nevada Wildflowers, Karen Wiese, 2nd Ed. 2013, p. 116
Descri ...
'', '' Erysimum capitatum'', '' Festuca idahoensis'', '' Leymus cinereus'', '' Lupinus argenteus'', ''Phlox longifolia
''Phlox'' (; Greek φλόξ "flame"; plural "phlox" or "phloxes", Greek φλόγες ''phlóges'') is a genus of 67 species of perennial and annual plants in the family Polemoniaceae. They are found mostly in North America (one in Siberia) in di ...
'', '' Poa secunda'', '' Pseudoroegneria spicata'', and ''Purshia tridentata
''Purshia tridentata'', with the common name bitterbrush, is a shrub in the genus '' Purshia'' of the family Rosaceae. It is native to mountainous areas of western North America.
Common names include antelope bitterbrush, antelope bush, buc ...
''.[
]
Description
''Hackelia cronquistii'' is a perennial herb growing up to 65 centimeters tall, growing from a taproot and branching caudex
A caudex (plural: caudices) of a plant is a stem, but the term is also used to mean a rootstock and particularly a basal stem structure from which new growth arises.pages 456 and 695
In the strict sense of the term, meaning a stem, "caudex" is m ...
. The erect stems are lightly hairy toward the top and hairless near the bases. The leaves near the base of the plant are up to 21 centimeters long and 3.5 wide. They become smaller farther up the stem. The forget-me-not flowers are blue-tinged white and measure up to 1.5 centimeters wide. Flowering occurs mainly in May. The fruit is a small nutlet.[
]
References
External links
USDA Plants Profile for ''Hackelia cronquistii'' (Cronquist's stickseed)
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cronquistii
Endemic flora of the United States
Flora of Idaho
Flora of Oregon
Flora of the Great Basin