Boraginaceae
Chihuahuan stickseed
Hackelia ursina
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Hackelia
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Hackelia ursinaBoraginaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Chihuahuan stickseed
Synonyms
- Echinospermum ursina A.Gray
- Echinospermum ursinum Greene ex A.Gray
- Hackelia leucantha (Greene) Brand
- Lappula leucantha Greene
- Lappula ursina Greene
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
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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.