Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Boraginales? order assignment uncertain
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hackelia virginiana
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Virginia Stickseed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hackelia virginiana
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hackelia virginiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-03-001:
Hackelia virginiana FAMILY Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lappula virginiana
COMMON NAME:
Virginia Stickseed
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_hackelia_virginiana
June Iredell County NC
Basal leaves usually absent at flowering; the cauline tapered at both ends, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hackelia virginiana
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hackelia virginiana
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hackelia virginiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 161-03-001:
Hackelia virginiana
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lappula virginiana
631
Forb
Biennial/Perennial
Habitat: Rich forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves usually absent or withered at flowering)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Whitish
5-parted calyx
5-lobed salverform corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in one-sided racemes
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of specialized mericarps (nutlets)
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p200
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p115
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p138
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