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Definition: Hackelia

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Stickweed; beggar's lice.[Wordnet].

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Date "Hackelia" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1976. (references)

Common Expressions: Hackelia

Expressions Definition
Genus Hackelia Stickweed; beggar's lice. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Extended Definition: Hackelia

Hackelia

Hackelia
Hackelia micrantha
Hackelia micrantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Hackelia
Opiz.
Species

About 40, including:
Hackelia virginiana
Hackelia micrantha

Hackelia (Stickseeds) is a genus of plants in the Borage Family, Boraginaceae. They are found in North America and southeast Asia. Of the approximately 40 species described, 10 are endemic to California.

Selected species:

  • Hackelia bella - greater showy stickseed
  • Hackelia californica - California stickseed
  • Hackelia cinerea - gray stickseed
  • Hackelia cusickii - Cusick's stickseed
  • Hackelia floribunda - manyflower stickseed
  • Hackelia hispida - showy stickseed
  • Hackelia micrantha - Jessica sticktight
  • Hackelia mundula - pink stickseed
  • Hackelia nervosa - Sierra stickseed
  • Hackelia setosa - bristly stickseed
  • Hackelia sharsmithii - Sharsmith's stickseed
  • Hackelia velutina - velvet stickseed
  • Hackelia virginiana - beggarslice

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