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Hackelia
Sign in to saveHackelia (stickseeds) is a genus of plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It includes 54 species found in North America, western South America, temperate Eurasia, and Australia. 12 species are native to California.
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PHYLUM
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
假鹤虱属（学名：Hackelia）是紫草科下的一个属，为草本植物。该属共有40种，分布于亚洲及欧洲。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 521
- With media
- 366
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Collections
- FCF-UANL, GH, CAS, RSA, DAV, SD
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Canada
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- Parent taxon
- Boraginaceae
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- Hackelia diffusa 4110.JPG
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- 假鹤虱属
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Hackelia (stickseeds) is a genus of plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It includes 54 species found in North America, western South America, temperate Eurasia, and Australia. 12 species are native to California.
The genus was named after Josef Hackel, a Czech botanist. The common name, stickseed, refers to the tendency of the barbed nutlets to stick to animal fur.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hackelia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.