Lappula
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 Lappula squarrosa
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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.
Species include:
- Lappula barbata
- Lappula cenchrusoides - Great Plains stickseed
- Lappula diploloma
- Lappula marginata - margined stickseed
- Lappula occidentalis - flatspine stickseed
- Lappula squarrosa - European stickseed
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