Hackelia floribunda Calflora

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Taxon Report

Hackelia floribunda (Lehm.) I. M. Johnst.

Many flowered stickseed, Manyflower stickseed

2001 Jeff Abbas

2010 Ron Wolf

2019 Mary Merriman

2012 Jean Pawek

2001 Jeff Abbas

2019 Mary Merriman

Hackelia floribunda is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~98 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Hackelia
Family:	Boraginaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands: Occurs usually in non wetlands, occasionally in wetlands

Communities: Sagebrush Scrub, Northern Juniper Woodland, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS + POWO

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Hackelia leptophylla
PLANTS	Lappula floribunda

Information about Hackelia floribunda from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (HAFL2) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 05/16/2025).