Hackelia californica
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|genus = Hackelia
|species = californica
|authority = (Gray) I.M.Johnst.
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Hackelia californica is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by its common name; California stickseed.
Distribution
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.{{Cite web |title=Hackelia californica (A.Gray) I.M.Johnst. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:116785-2 |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}} It is found at elevations of {{convert|940|-|2490|m|ft}}, on slopes and meadows in yellow pine forest and red fir forest habitats.
Description
Hackelia californica is a leafy perennial herb grows in tall clumps and produces erect stems up to a meter in maximum height. The lance-shaped leaves are longest and most abundant near the base of the plant, where the longest are about 17 centimeters long.
The tips of the stems have few leaves and are occupied by cyme inflorescences of white flowers. Each flower has five lobes with a small petallike appendage at its base. The bloom period is June to August.
The fruit is a prickly nutlet about 4 millimeters wide.
References
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External links
- [http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=3987 Hackelia californica (California stickseed)]
- [https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=27517 Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Hackelia californica]
- {{CalPhotos|Hackelia|californica}}
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Category:Flora of the Cascade Range
Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Category:Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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