| Hackelia cusickii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Hackelia |
| Species: | H. cusickii |
| Binomial name | |
| Hackelia cusickii (Piper) Brand | |
Hackelia cusickii is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name Cusick's stickseed.
The plant is native to the Modoc Plateau in the northeastern corner of California and adjacent sections of Nevada and Oregon.
It grows at elevations of 1,300–1,950 metres (4,270–6,400 ft), in subalpine coniferous forest, Northern Sierra juniper woodlands, and talus of alpine fell-field habitats.
Hackelia cusickii is a perennial herb up to about 50 centimetres (20 in) tall and coated thinly in stiff hairs. Most of the leaves are located around the base of the plant, reaching up to 18 centimetres (7.1 in) long; there are a few smaller leaves on lower part of the stem as well.
The hairy inflorescence is an open array of branches, each a coiling panicle of flowers. Each flower is just over a centimeter wide with blue lobes with white appendages at the bases. The boom period is from May to July.
The fruit is a cluster of prickly nutlets.
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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.
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Hackelia floribunda is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common names large-flowered stickseed and manyflower stickseed.
Hackelia micrantha is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common names Jessica sticktight and Jessica's stickseed.
Hackelia mundula is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name pink stickseed. It is native to the high mountains of California, especially the Sierra Nevada. Its range extends into Oregon. This is a lush, hairy perennial herb growing to maximum heights between 40 and 80 centimeters. It produces an array of erect stems with oval- or lance-shaped leaves most abundant around the bases, growing up to 22 centimeters long. The upper stems are mostly leafless and hold cyme inflorescences of flowers. Each petite flower has 5 rounded lobes which are light pink and age to light blue in color, each with a smaller petallike appendage at its base. The fruit is a small nutlet covered in thin, hairlike prickles.
Hackelia nervosa is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name Sierra stickseed. It is native to the mountains of California, especially the Sierra Nevada and its foothills, in areas with some moisture up to near treeline. Its range may extend into Nevada.
Hackelia velutina is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name velvet stickseed.
Helianthus cusickii is a species of sunflower known by the common names Cusick's sunflower and turniproot sunflower. It is native to the western United States from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, northern California, and northwestern Nevada.
Carex cusickii is a species of sedge known by the common name Cusick's sedge. It is native to Northwestern North America from British Columbia to California, and in Utah, where it can be found in several types of wet habitat, such as marshes, mountain meadows, and ditches. In its range it is most common in the Cascade Range and areas west.
Hackelia amethystina is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name amethyst stickseed.
Hackelia brevicula is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name Poison Canyon stickseed.
Hackelia setosa is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name bristly stickseed. It is native to the Klamath Mountains of northern California and southern Oregon, United States, and it is also known from Sierra Valley to the southeast of that range.
Poa cusickii is a species of grass known by the common name Cusick's bluegrass. It is native to western North America from Yukon to Colorado to eastern California, where it grows in many types of habitat, including high mountain meadows and slopes, sagebrush scrub, and forests.
Hackelia venusta is a rare species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name showy stickseed, or lesser showy stickseed. It is endemic to Washington state in the United States, where it is known from only one canyon in Chelan County. There is only one small population with a global distribution of less than one hectare. The plant was federally listed as an endangered species of the United States in 2002.
Camassia cusickii, common name Cusick's camas or Cusick's quamash, is a species of plant in the family Asparagaceae. It is native to parts of North America. C. cusickii originally appeared in horticultural journals in the late 1800s, but they have been sold and cultivated for about thirty years.
Hackelia cronquistii is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name Cronquist's stickseed.
Hackelia deflexa is a vascular flowering plant in the borage family known by the common names, northern stickseed, nodding stickseed, and American stickseed