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Photographer: Paul E. Berry
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Family Boraginaceae
Hackelia deflexa (Wahlenb.) Opiz var. americana (A.Gray) Fernald & I.M.Johnst.
American stickseed, cliff stickseed, nodding stickseed
Hackelia: named after J. Hackel (1783-1869), Czech botanist
deflexa: turned away
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, biennial, 1'-3' tall forb, slender, many upper branches |
| Flower: | white to bluish, 5-parted, 1/8" wide, dish to funnel-shaped, tube shorter than the lobes; inflorescence of many, paired, spreading clusters (racemes) of stalked flowers becoming 2"-6" long, leafless near the top but with leaf bracts toward the bottom often alternating with the flowers; blooms July-Sept. |
| Fruit: | short-stalked nutlet with mostly no prickles on its back;  |
| Leaf: | lower leaves narrowing towards the stalk, upper becoming stalkless |
| Habitat: | moist woods, thickets, hillsides |
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