PLANTS Profile for Lappula squarrosa (European stickseed)

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PLANTS Profile

Lappula squarrosa (Retz.) Dumort.
European stickseed

Symbol:

LASQ

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Boraginaceae

Duration:

Annual
Biennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
AK		I
CAN		I

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Line Drawing of Lappula squarrosa (Retz.) Dumort.

Lappula lappula

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 3: 77. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Lappula squarrosa (Retz.) Dumort.

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Synonyms:
Lappula squarrosa (Retz.) Dumort.

	LAEC	Lappula echinata Gilib.
	LAER4	Lappula erecta A. Nelson
	LAFR5	Lappula fremontii (Torr.) Greene
	LALA11	Lappula lappula (L.) Karst.
	LAMY3	Lappula myosotis Moench
	LASQE	Lappula squarrosa (Retz.) Dumort. var. erecta (A. Nelson) Dorn

Distribution:
Lappula squarrosa (Retz.) Dumort.


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USA (AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Lappula squarrosa (Retz.) Dumort.

View 42 genera in Boraginaceae, 5 species in Lappula

Classification:
Lappula squarrosa (Retz.) Dumort.

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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 squarrosa (Retz.) Dumort. – European stickseed

Introduced Information:
Lappula squarrosa (Retz.) Dumort.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Lappula squarrosa (Retz.) Dumort.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 503330.

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 photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Lappula squarrosa (Retz.) Dumort.

Saskatchewan Agriculture and Food: weed identification

Time Generated: 10/11/2008 05:46 PM MDT