Hackelia floribunda

Taxobox
color = lightgreen
name = "Hackelia floribunda"

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image_width = 200px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Boraginaceae
genus = "Hackelia"
species = "H. floribunda"
binomial = "Hackelia floribunda"
binomial_authority = (Lehm.) I.M.Johnst.
synonyms = "Hackelia leptophylla"
"Lappula floribunda"

"Hackelia floribunda" is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name manyflower stickseed. It is native to much of the western half of North America, where it is most often found in areas which are wet during the springtime, such as meadows. This is a lush biennial or perennial herb with hairy stems reaching a maximum height of about a meter. They emerge as a leafy clump, surrounded by many smooth lance-shaped leaves up to 24 centimeters long. There are few leaves at the ends of the stems, which hold cyme inflorescences of blue flowers. Each flower has five lobes with petallike appendages at their bases. The fruit is a tiny, mildly prickly nutlet.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?2030,2117,2123 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=HAFL2 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Hackelia+floribunda Photo gallery]