Lappula
| Lappula | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Lappula squarrosa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | unplaced |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Subfamily: | Boraginoideae |
| Tribe: | Cynoglosseae |
| Genus: | Lappula Moench |
| Type species | |
| Lappula myosotis | |
| Species | |
|
12-14, see text | |
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