Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Boraginales? order assignment uncertain
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Hackelia virginiana
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
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
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
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
)
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_lavi7_001_lvd
)
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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Hackelia virginiana
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hackelia virginiana
FAMILY
Boraginaceae
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
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare south of VA
Look for it in rich forests & woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves usually absent or withered at flowering)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Whitish
Bisexual
5-parted calyx
5-lobed salverform corolla
Superior ovary
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 p200
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p115
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p138