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THICKET STICKSEED 



Lap'pula floribun'da 



Outer united flower parts (calyx) 

 deeply cut into 5 narrow lobes 



United petals (corolla) short-narrow- 

 tubular, about % in. across, with 5 

 spreading lobes, the throat closed by 5 

 scales; stamens 5, included in the 

 tube 



Flowers numerous, blue or white, 

 stalked, not leafy-bracted, in ascending 

 clusters (racemes) from leaf axils; 

 racemes sometimes branched (pani- 

 culate) 



"Stickseeds" (nutlets) smooth or 

 somewhat roughened on the back, with 

 unequal, flattened, somewhat united, 

 awl-shaped prickles along the margins, 

 in pyramidal clusters of 4 



Leaves alternate, entire, 2 to JB in. 

 long, linear-lance-shaped to oblong, 

 hairy; lower leaves stalked; upper 

 leaves stalkless 



Sternal-solitary or tuftedj erect, 2 to 

 5 ft. high, leafy, rough-hairy 



Taproot biennial or perennial, often 

 with somewhat thickened, woody root 

 crown 



