Boraginaceae
Nodding stickseed
Hackelia deflexa
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Hackelia
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 反折假鹤虱, 齿缘草
- Czech
- Lopuštík skloněný
- English
- Nodding stickseed
- Finnish
- Kalliosirkunjyvä
Synonyms
- Cynoglossospermum deflexum (Wahlenb.) Kuntze
- Cynoglossum deflexum (Wahlenb.) Roth
- Echinospermum deflexum (Wahlenb.) Lehm.
- Echinospermum matsudairai Makino
- Echinospermum pyrenaicum Willk. & Vayr.
- Echinospermum secundum Kar. & Kir.
- Eritrichium deflexum (Wahlenb.) Y.S.Lian & J.Q.Wang
- Hackelia deflexa var. deflexa
- Hackelia matsudairae (Makino) Ohwi
- Hackelia matsudairai (Makino) Ohwi
- Lappula matsudairae (Makino) Druce
- Lappula matsudairai Druce
- Myosotis deflexa Wahlenb.
- Rochelia deflexa (Wahlenb.) Roem. & Schult.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Robert Flogaus-Faust, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Виктория Билоус, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Megan Powers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Megan Powers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Spotted stickseedHackelia patensBoraginaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.