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Spreading stickseed

Hackelia diffusa

Also called Spreading Hackelia, Diffuse Stickseed

Spreading stickseed
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
SW. Canada to Oregon
Climate
temperate

About

Hackelia diffusa is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae known by the common name spreading stickseed.

Where it grows

The plant grows east of the Cascades in British Columbia, Washington and Oregon. Its habitats include rocky cliffs, talus slopes, and shrub steppe.

Other Hackelia plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hackelia diffusa 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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