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Northern Stickseed

Hackelia deflexa

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 58, February 42, March 67, April 105, May 151, June 165, July 176, August 152, September 111, October 83, November 45, December 35.
United States1,725
Alaska1,190
Canada816
Manitoba252
Ontario226
Minnesota139
Russia130
Michigan121
Alberta116
Wisconsin90

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderborages · Boraginales
Familyborage family · Boraginaceae
GenusStickseeds · Hackelia

Sources

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Practise Northern Stickseed with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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