Boraginaceae
Spotted stickseed
Hackelia patens
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Hackelia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Spotted stickseed
Synonyms
- Echinospermum patens G.Don
- Echinospermum subdecumbens Parry
- Hackelia caerulescens Brand
- Hackelia coerulescens (Rydb.) Brand
- Hackelia diffusa var. caerulescens I.M.Johnst.
- Hackelia diffusa var. coerulescens (Rydb.) I.M.Johnst.
- Hackelia nelsonii Brand
- Lappula coerulescens Rydb.
- Lappula subdecumbens var. coerulescens Garrett
- Rochelia patens Nutt.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: mmmavocado, CC BY 2.0, 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.