''Hackelia cusickii'' is a species of flowering plant in the
borage family known by the common name Cusick's stickseed.
Distribution
The plant is native to the
Modoc Plateau
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The Modoc Plateau lies in the northeast corner of California as well as parts of Oregon and Nevada. Nearly of the Modoc National Forest are on the plateau between the Medicine Lake Highlands in the west and the Warner Mountains in the ...
in the northeastern corner of
California and adjacent sections of
Nevada and
Oregon.
It grows at elevations of , in subalpine
coniferous forest, Northern
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*''Juniperus grandis'', endemic to the western United States
*''Juniperus occidentalis
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woodlands, and
talus of
alpine fell-field
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habitats.
Description
''Hackelia cusickii'' is a perennial herb up to about tall and coated thinly in stiff hairs. Most of the leaves are located around the base of the plant, reaching up to long; there are a few smaller leaves on lower part of the stem as well.
The hairy
inflorescence is an open array of branches, each a coiling panicle of flowers. Each flower is just over a centimeter wide with blue lobes with white appendages at the bases. The boom period is from May to July.
The fruit is a cluster of prickly nutlets.
External links
Calflora Database: ''Hackelia cusickii'' (Cusick's stickseed)Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of ''Hackelia cusickii''UC CalPhotos gallery
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Endemic flora of the United States
Flora of California
Flora of Nevada
Flora of Oregon
Flora of the Great Basin
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Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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