''Lappula'' is a

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flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s in the

borage family Boraginaceae, the borage or forget-me-not family, includes about 2,000 species of shrubs, trees, and herbs in 146 to 154 genera with a worldwide distribution. The APG IV system from 2016 classifies the Boraginaceae as single family of the order ...

known generally as stickseeds. They are native to temperate and subtropical regions of the world, including North America, Eurasia, North Africa, South Africa, and southern South America. These are

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producing funnel-shaped flowers and prickly fruits. One of the best known species is the European stickseed, '' Lappula squarrosa'', which is a notorious

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Species

80 species are accepted. *'' Lappula aktaviensis'' *'' Lappula alaica'' *'' Lappula albiflora'' *'' Lappula anisacantha'' *'' Lappula anocarpa'' *'' Lappula badachschanica'' *'' Lappula baitenovii'' *'' Lappula balchaschensis'' *'' Lappula barbata'' *'' Lappula botschantzevii'' *'' Lappula brachycentra'' *'' Lappula brachycentroides'' *'' Lappula caespitosa'' *'' Lappula cenchroides'' – Great Plains stickseed *'' Lappula coronifera'' *'' Lappula cynoglossoides'' *'' Lappula deserticola'' *'' Lappula dichotoma'' *'' Lappula diploloma'' *'' Lappula duplicicarpa'' *'' Lappula dzharkentica'' *'' Lappula fruticulosa'' *'' Lappula glabrata'' *'' Lappula granulata'' *'' Lappula heteracantha'' *'' Lappula heteromorpha'' *'' Lappula himalayensis'' *'' Lappula intermedia'' *'' Lappula karelinii'' *'' Lappula ketmenica'' *'' Lappula korshinskyi'' *'' Lappula krylovii'' *'' Lappula kulikalonica'' *'' Lappula kuprijanovii'' *'' Lappula laevimarginata'' *'' Lappula lenensis'' *'' Lappula leonardii'' *'' Lappula lipschitzii'' *'' Lappula lipskyi'' *'' Lappula macra'' *'' Lappula macrantha'' *'' Lappula marginata'' – margined stickseed *'' Lappula mogoltavica'' *'' Lappula monocarpa'' *'' Lappula nevskii'' *'' Lappula nuratavica'' *'' Lappula occidentalis'' – flatspine stickseed *'' Lappula occultata'' *'' Lappula parvula'' *'' Lappula patula'' *'' Lappula paulsenii'' *'' Lappula pavlovii'' *'' Lappula physacantha'' *'' Lappula popovii'' *'' Lappula pratensis'' *'' Lappula ramulosa'' *'' Lappula rechingeri'' *'' Lappula redowskii'' *'' Lappula rupestris'' *'' Lappula rupicola'' *'' Lappula saissanica'' *'' Lappula saphronovae'' *'' Lappula semialata'' *'' Lappula semnanensis'' *'' Lappula sericata'' *'' Lappula shanhsiensis'' *'' Lappula spinocarpos'' *'' Lappula squarrosa'' – European stickseed *'' Lappula stricta'' *'' Lappula subcaespitosa'' *'' Lappula tadshikorum'' *'' Lappula tenuis'' *'' Lappula texana'' *'' Lappula tianschanica'' *'' Lappula transalaica'' *'' Lappula turczaninowii'' *'' Lappula tuvinica'' *'' Lappula wendelboi'' *'' Lappula zaissanica''

References

External links

Jepson Manual Treatment
Boraginoideae Boraginaceae genera Taxa named by Conrad Moench {{Boraginoideae-stub