
stickseeds
Lappula
Lappula is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family known generally as stickseeds. They are native to the northern hemisphere. These are annual herbs producing funnel-shaped flowers and prickly fruits. One of the best known species is the European stickseed, Lappula squarrosa, which is a notorious noxious weed.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

two-rowed stickseed
speciesLappula squarrosa

Flatspine Stickseed
speciesLappula occidentalis

Lappula barbata
speciesLappula barbata

Grey Bur Forget-me-not
speciesLappula patula

Redowski's stickseed
speciesLappula redowskii

Lappula spinocarpos
speciesLappula spinocarpos

Lappula microcarpa
speciesLappula microcarpa

European Stickseed
speciesLappula heteracantha

Lappula consanguinea
speciesLappula consanguinea

Lappula sessiliflora
speciesLappula sessiliflora

Lappula sinaica
speciesLappula sinaica

Lappula marginata
speciesLappula marginata

Lappula anisacantha
speciesLappula anisacantha

Lappula stricta
speciesLappula stricta

Lappula botschantzevii
speciesLappula botschantzevii

Lappula semiglabra
speciesLappula semiglabra

montane stickseed
speciesLappula montana

Lappula intermedia
speciesLappula intermedia

Lappula subcaespitosa
speciesLappula subcaespitosa
Lappula fruticulosa
speciesLappula fruticulosa
Lappula kuprijanovii
speciesLappula kuprijanovii

Lappula brachycentra
speciesLappula brachycentra

Lappula macrantha
speciesLappula macrantha

Lappula shanhsiensis
speciesLappula shanhsiensis
Lappula lipskyi
speciesLappula lipskyi

Lappula drobovii
speciesLappula drobovii
Lappula aktaviensis
speciesLappula aktaviensis
Lappula anocarpa
speciesLappula anocarpa
Lappula balchaschensis
speciesLappula balchaschensis
Lappula caespitosa
speciesLappula caespitosa
Lappula cenchroides
speciesLappula cenchroides
Lappula cynoglossoides
speciesLappula cynoglossoides
Lappula deserticola
speciesLappula deserticola
Lappula duplicicarpa
speciesLappula duplicicarpa
Lappula dzharkentica
speciesLappula dzharkentica
Lappula tuvinica
speciesLappula tuvinica
Lappula zaissanica
speciesLappula zaissanica
Lappula glabrata
speciesLappula glabrata
Lappula granulata
speciesLappula granulata
Lappula heteromorpha
speciesLappula heteromorpha
Lappula himalayensis
speciesLappula himalayensis
Lappula karelinii
speciesLappula karelinii
Lappula krylovii
speciesLappula krylovii
Lappula laevimarginata
speciesLappula laevimarginata
Lappula lenensis
speciesLappula lenensis
Lappula leonardii
speciesLappula leonardii
Lappula monocarpa
speciesLappula monocarpa
Lappula parvula
speciesLappula parvula
Lappula pratensis
speciesLappula pratensis
Lappula ramulosa
speciesLappula ramulosa
Lappula saissanica
speciesLappula saissanica
Lappula saphronovae
speciesLappula saphronovae
Lappula semnanensis
speciesLappula semnanensis
Lappula transalaica
speciesLappula transalaica
Lappula alaica
speciesLappula alaica
Lappula nuratavica
speciesLappula nuratavica
Lappula tianschanica
speciesLappula tianschanica
Lappula tenuis
speciesLappula tenuis
Lappula occultata
speciesLappula occultata
Lappula tadshikorum
speciesLappula tadshikorum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 72212.