Hackelia bella

Hackelia bella is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name greater showy stickseed.

Hackelia bella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Hackelia
Species:
H. bella
Binomial name
Hackelia bella

It is native to the Northern California Coast Ranges and the Klamath Mountains in northeastern California and southwestern Oregon. It is found in yellow pine forest, red fir forest habitats.

Description

Hackelia bella is a sprawling perennial herb grows hairy stems to about half a meter in height. The base of the plant is surrounded by many long, thin oval-shaped leaves up to about 26 centimeters long each. Leaves farther up the stem are similar but shorter and the tops of the stems have few leaves.

The small flowers have five lobes with a small petallike appendage at the base of each lobe. The flowers are usually white. The fruit is a nutlet 5 or 6 millimeters wide.


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