''Hackelia'' (stickseeds) is a
genus
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of plants in the borage family,
Boraginaceae
Boraginaceae, the borage or forget-me-not family, includes about 2,000 species of shrubs, trees and herbs in 146, to 156 genera with a worldwide distribution.
The APG IV system from 2016 classifies the Boraginaceae as single family of the order ...
. It includes 54 species found in North America, western South America, temperate Eurasia, and Australia.
[ 12 species are native to ]California
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.
The genus was named after Josef Hackel, a Czech botanist
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. The common name, stickseed, refers to the tendency of the barbed nutlets to stick to animal fur.
Species
54 species are currently accepted:[
* '' Hackelia amethystina'' - amethyst stickseed – California
* '']Hackelia andicola
''Hackelia'' (stickseeds) is a genus of plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It includes 54 species found in North America, western South America, temperate Eurasia, and Australia. 12 species are native to California.
The genus was named a ...
'' – Peru
* ''Hackelia bella
''Hackelia bella'' is a species of flowering plant in the Boraginaceae, borage family known by the common name greater showy stickseed.
It is native to the northern California Coast Ranges and the Klamath Mountains in northeastern California and ...
'' - greater showy stickseed – northwestern California and southwestern Oregon
* '' Hackelia besseyi'' - Bessey's stickseed – Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas
* '' Hackelia bhutanica'' – eastern Nepal to northwestern Arunachal Pradesh
* '' Hackelia brachytuba'' – Nepal to central China
* '' Hackelia brevicula'' - Poison Canyon stickseed – eastern California
* '' Hackelia californica'' - California stickseed – northern California and west-central Oregon
* ''Hackelia ciliata
''Hackelia'' (stickseeds) is a genus of plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It includes 54 species found in North America, western South America, temperate Eurasia, and Australia. 12 species are native to California.
The genus was named a ...
'' - British Columbia, Idaho, and Washington
* '' Hackelia cinerea'' - gray stickseed – Washington, Idaho, and Montana
* '' Hackelia cronquistii'' - Cronquist's stickseed – Oregon and Idaho
* '' Hackelia cusickii'' - Cusick's stickseed – Oregon, northern California, and northwestern Nevada
* ''Hackelia davisii
''Hackelia'' (stickseeds) is a genus of plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It includes 54 species found in North America, western South America, temperate Eurasia, and Australia. 12 species are native to California.
The genus was named a ...
'' – Idaho
* '' Hackelia deflexa'' – northern Eurasia and northern North America
* '' Hackelia difformis'' – south-central China and Tibet
* ''Hackelia diffusa
''Hackelia diffusa'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae known by the common name spreading stickseed.
Distribution and habitat
The plant grows east of the Cascades in British Columbia, Washington and Oregon. Its habitats ...
'' - Spreading stickseed – British Columbia, Washington, Oregon
* '' Hackelia floribunda'' - manyflower stickseed – western and central Canada and United States
* '' Hackelia gracilenta'' – Colorado
* '' Hackelia heliocarpa'' – Mexico (Chihuahua)
* '' Hackelia hendersonii'' – Washington, Oregon, and Montana
* '' Hackelia hintoniorum'' – Mexico (Oaxaca)
* ''Hackelia hirsuta
''Hackelia'' (stickseeds) is a genus of plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It includes 54 species found in North America, western South America, temperate Eurasia, and Australia. 12 species are native to California.
The genus was named a ...
'' – New Mexico
* '' Hackelia hispida'' - showy stickseed – Washington, Oregon, Idaho
* '' Hackelia ibapensis'' – Utah
* ''Hackelia latifolia
''Hackelia'' (stickseeds) is a genus of plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It includes 54 species found in North America, western South America, temperate Eurasia, and Australia. 12 species are native to California.
The genus was named a ...
'' – eastern Australia and Tasmania
* '' Hackelia leonotis'' – northeastern and central Mexico
* '' Hackelia macrophylla'' – northern Pakistan and western Himalaya
* '' Hackelia meeboldii'' – western Himalaya
* '' Hackelia mexicana'' – Mexico to Venezuela and Peru
* ''Hackelia micrantha
''Hackelia micrantha'' is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common names Jessica sticktight and Jessica's stickseed.
Distribution and habitat
It is native to western North America from British Columbia and Alberta, s ...
'' - Jessica sticktight – western Canada and United States
* '' Hackelia mundula'' - pink stickseed – southwestern Oregon to central California
* '' Hackelia murgabica'' – Tajikistan
* '' Hackelia nervosa'' - Sierra stickseed – California and northwestern Nevada
* '' Hackelia obtusifolia'' – Bhutan
* '' Hackelia ophiobia'' – southeastern Oregon, southwestern Idaho, and northern Nevada
* '' Hackelia parviflora'' – Peru (Junín)
* '' Hackelia patens'' - spotted stickseed – west-central United States
* '' Hackelia pinetorum'' – Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and northern Mexico
* '' Hackelia popovii'' – Tajikistan
* '' Hackelia rattanii'' – Mexico (Baja California)
* '' Hackelia revoluta'' – Colombia to northwestern Argentina
* '' Hackelia sessilifructa'' – Xinjiang
* '' Hackelia setosa'' - bristly stickseed – northern California and southwestern Oregon
* '' Hackelia sharsmithii'' - Sharsmith's stickseed – central California and central Nevada
* '' Hackelia skutchii'' – Guatemala and Costa Rica
* '' Hackelia stewartii'' – northern Pakistan and western Himalaya
* '' Hackelia stricta'' – southwestern Mexico to Veracruz
* '' Hackelia suaveolens'' – eastern and southern Australia and Tasmania
* '' Hackelia taylorii'' – Washington
* '' Hackelia uncinata'' – northeastern Pakistan to Himalaya and southern China
* '' Hackelia ursina'' – southeastern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and northern Mexico (Sonora)
* '' Hackelia velutina'' - velvet stickseed – north-central and central California and northwestern Nevada
* ''Hackelia venusta
''Hackelia venusta'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the Boraginaceae, borage family known by the common name showy stickseed, or lesser showy stickseed. It is Endemism, endemic to Washington (state), Washington state in the United States ...
'' - lesser showy stickseed – central Washington
* '' Hackelia virginiana'' - beggar's lice – central and eastern United States and eastern Canada
References
External links
USDA Plants Profile
Calflora Database: ''Hackelia'' species index in California
Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of ''Hackelia'' in California
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Boraginaceae genera