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Velvet stickseed

Hackelia velutina

Also called Velvety Stickseed

Velvet stickseed
Photo: tomhilton, CC BY 2.0
Family
Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
NW. Nevada to NC. & C. California
Climate
temperate

About

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

Where it grows

It is endemic to California, growing in the Sierra Nevada in red fir and lodgepole pine forest habitats.

Other Hackelia plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hackelia velutina 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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