Hackelia Explained
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.[1]
The genus was named after Josef Hackel, a Czech botanist. The common name, stickseed, refers to the tendency of the barbed nutlets to stick to animal fur.[2]
Species
54 species are currently accepted:
- Hackelia amethystina - amethyst stickseed – California
- Hackelia andicola – Peru
- Hackelia bella - 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 - 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 – Idaho
- Hackelia deflexa – northern Eurasia and northern North America
- Hackelia difformis – south-central China and Tibet
- Hackelia diffusa - 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 – New Mexico
- Hackelia hispida - showy stickseed – Washington, Oregon, Idaho
- Hackelia ibapensis – Utah
- Hackelia latifolia – 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 - 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 - lesser showy stickseed – central Washington
- Hackelia virginiana - beggar's lice – central and eastern United States and eastern Canada
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/specieslist.cgi?where-genus=Hackelia Calflora Database: Hackelia species index in California
- Book: Taylor, Ronald J.. Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary. Mountain Press Pub. Co. 1994. 0-87842-280-3. rev.. Missoula, MT. 24. en. 25708726. 1992.
