Cusick'S Stickseed (Hackelia cusickii)
Description
Hackelia cusickii is a perennial herb up to about 50 centimetres (20 in) tall and coated thinly in stiff hairs. Most of the leaves are located around the base of the plant, reaching up to 18 centimetres (7.1 in) long; there are a few smaller leaves on lower part of the stem as well. The hairy inflorescence is an open array of branches, each a coiling panicle of flowers. Each flower is just over a centimeter wide with blue lobes with white appendages at the bases. The boom period id May to July. The fruit is a cluster of prickly nutlets.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Boraginales
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Family: Boraginaceae
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Genus: Hackelia
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