Boraginaceae
Spreading stickseed
Hackelia diffusa
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Hackelia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Spreading stickseed
Synonyms
- Cynoglossospermum diffusum Kuntze
- Echinospermum diffusum Lehm.
- Hackelia saxatilis (Piper) Brand
- Lappula diffusa (Lehm.) Greene
- Lappula saxatilis Piper
- Lappula subdecumbens A.Nelson
- Myosotis diffusa Douglas ex Lehm.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.