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California stickseed

Hackelia californica

California stickseed
Photo: Tom Hilton, CC BY 2.0
Family
Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
WC. Oregon to N. California
Climate
temperate

About

Hackelia californica is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by its common name, California stickseed.

Where it grows

The plant is native to the mountain ranges of northern California and southern Oregon, including the southern Cascade Range, Northern California Coast Ranges, and Sierra Nevada. It is found at elevations of 940–2,490 metres (3,080–8,170 ft), on slopes and meadows in yellow pine forest and red fir forest habitats.

Other Hackelia plants

Amethyst stickseed · Greater showy stickseed · Poison Canyon stickseed · Cronquist's stickseed · Cusick's stickseed · Nodding stickseed · Spreading stickseed · Manyflower stickseed · Forest Hound’s Tongue · Jessica sticktight · Pink stickseed · Sierra stickseed

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hackelia californica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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