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Virginia Stickseed (Hackelia virginiana)

Image ID: 2013/dc16S

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Other common names: Beggar's Lice
Native
Family: Boraginaceae (Forget-Me-Not)
Height: 1 to 4 ft.
Blooms: July to September
Leaf Type: smooth
Bloom Size:  0.13 in. (typical)
Flower Description: Elongate clusters, Regular blooms, 5 parts
Location: Decker Creek Trail
Date:  7/13/2013
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We started out as wildflowers from the bicycle trails of western Pennsylvania, but we've grown!
Meyer, Joseph E. (1918). The Herbalist and Herb Doctor. Hammond, Ind.: Indiana Herb Gardens. 400 pp.

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