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Stickseed
The Stickseed (Hackelia patens) is a member of the Borage
Family (Boraginaceae). It is about two feet high, with
Forget-Me-Not type blossoms, which are white marked with blue. The seeds
are barbed, and are great hitchhikers, thus the name.
In "Mountain Plants of Northeastern Utah", from Utah State University,
two similar plants are described: "The Stickseed is a common plant on our
foothills in May and June. It grows about two feed high, with a few erect
or ascending branches growing from the base. The Forget-Me-Not like
blossoms are white, marked with blue. Hackelia jessicae
closely resembles it, but has blue flowers marked with white. They both
have nutlets armed with short barbed prickles, which give them their
common name."
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