Hackelia floribunda is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common names large-flowered stickseed and manyflower stickseed. The plant is native to much of the western half of North America, in Canada and the Midwestern and Western United States. It is most often found in areas which are wet during the springtime, such as meadows, wetlands, and riparian areas. Hackelia floribunda is a lush biennial or perennial herb with hairy stems reaching a maximum height of about 1 m. They emerge as a leafy clump, surrounded by many smooth lance-shaped leaves up to 24 meters long. There are few leaves at the ends of the stems, which hold cyme inflorescences of blue flowers. Each flower has five lobes with petallike appendages at their bases. The fruit is a tiny, mildly prickly nutlet.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Hackelia floribunda across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Hackelia floribunda has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens6
Marker genes3
eDNA detections3
Countries1
Marker genes sequenced
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★rbcLa★ITS★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualHackelia floribunda carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
Chromosomes2n = 24 n = 12
Ploidydiploid inferred
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy90% within 1 km
≤100 m 277≤1 km 43≤10 km 22>10 km 15
357 georeferenced · 102 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor459
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy58% within 1 km
≤100 m 97≤1 km 267≤10 km 236>10 km 31
631 georeferenced · 700 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 331
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions61 of 92 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Bronx, US
164
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
102
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
65
Albuquerque, US
62
Moscow, US
61
Wuzhou, CN
57
Boise, US
50
Flagstaff, US
49
Denver, US
47
Provo, US
47
WTUlocation not on record
43
Victoria, CA
40
Pocatello, US
37
Chadron, US
32
Missoula, US
29
Bozeman, US
24
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
24
Pullman, US
24
Caldwell, US
18
Riverside, US
16
Phoenix, US
16
Logan, US
15
Vancouver, CA
14
Davis, US
14
Spearfish, US
14
Weber State Universitylocation not on record
14
Santa Barbara, US
12
Corvallis, US
12
Orem, US
11
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratorylocation not on record
11
Pittsburg, US
11
Lincoln, US
9
EL PASO, US
8
University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record
8
Durango, US
8
ASUlocation not on record
8
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
8
Angwin, US
7
San Angelo, US
7
Bloomington, US
7
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
6
Claremont, US
5
Tampa, US
5
Henderson, US
5
Saint Louis, US
5
Grand Junction, US
5
Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalitionlocation not on record
4
Los Angeles, US
4
San Diego, US
4
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
4
University of Lethbridgelocation not on record
3
DOI/NPS, Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preservelocation not on record
3
Madison, US
3
San Luis Obispo, US
3
USFS/BHSClocation not on record
3
Columbia, US
3
US
2
Bangkok, TH
2
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
2
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
2
Burlington, US
2
Northridge, US
2
CASlocation not on record
2
Bend, US
2
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record
1
Wlocation not on record
1
BOISlocation not on record
1
Mississippi State, US
1
Ashland, US
1
San Francisco, US
1
San Jose, US
1
Chapel Hill, US
1
Bandelier National Monumentlocation not on record
1
Dekalb, US
1
Canadian Museum of Nature, National Herbarium of Canadalocation not on record
1
Tuscaloosa, US
1
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
1
Arcata, US
1
Fargo, US
1
Bureau of Land Managementlocation not on record
1
SEINetlocation not on record
1
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
1
University of South Dakotalocation not on record
1
Québec, CA
1
Portland, US
1
AUAlocation not on record
1
Macomb, US
1
Bourges, FR
1
Truckee, US
1
University of British Columbia, Herbariumlocation not on record
1
WINlocation not on record
1
Emporia, US
1
92 institutions · 1 314 of 1 331 vouchered records shown · 17 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA3 detections
Where the DNA of Hackelia floribunda was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found3
Studies independent surveys1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 3 detections have coordinates
Open the map0 countries0
dry mountain slopes and ridges east of pass.…
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 790 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 specimens↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗