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Lappula occidentalis (S. Watson) Greene
flatspine stickseed

       
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©Al Schneider. Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. United States, CO, NM, AZ, UT, Four Corners vicinity, within 150 miles of the corners. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.
 
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Lappula occidentalis (S. Watson) Greene

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Distribution:
Lappula occidentalis (S. Watson) Greene

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USA (AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, IA, ID, IL, KS, MA, ME, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, NY, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TX, UT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NT, SK, YT)
 

Related Taxa:
Lappula occidentalis (S. Watson) Greene

View 42 genera in Boraginaceae, 5 species in Lappula or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Lappula occidentalis (S. Watson) Greene var. cupulata (A. Gray) Higgins. . Image Available.
Lappula occidentalis var. cupulata
flatspine stickseed
Distribution of Lappula occidentalis (S. Watson) Greene var. occidentalis. . Image Available.
Lappula occidentalis var. occidentalis
flatspine stickseed
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Classification:
Lappula occidentalis (S. Watson) Greene

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Asteridae
Order Lamiales
Family Boraginaceae – Borage family
Genus Lappula Moench – stickseed
Species Lappula occidentalis (S. Watson) Greene – flatspine stickseed
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Lappula occidentalis (S. Watson) Greene

flatspine stickseed
western sticktight

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

NE&GP        Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.
WSWS        Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.
 

More Accounts and Images:
Lappula occidentalis (S. Watson) Greene

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 503329.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

 
 
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