Index / Search / Lappula occidentalis
§1 Plant
Lappula occidentalis (S. Watson) Greene
vernacular flatspine stickseed — species · Boraginaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual, Biennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Boraginaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Lappula
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 595 counties across 27 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 595 counties across 27 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
California view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Alamosa 08003
- Arapahoe 08005
- Archuleta 08007
- Baca 08009
- Bent 08011
- Boulder 08013
- Chaffee 08015
- Cheyenne 08017
- Clear Creek 08019
- Conejos 08021
- Crowley 08025
- Custer 08027
- Delta 08029
- Denver 08031
- Dolores 08033
- Douglas 08035
- El Paso 08041
- Garfield 08045
- Gilpin 08047
- Grand 08049
- Gunnison 08051
- Huerfano 08055
- Jackson 08057
- Jefferson 08059
- Kiowa 08061
- Kit Carson 08063
- La Plata 08067
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Lincoln 08073
- Logan 08075
- Mesa 08077
- Mineral 08079
- Moffat 08081
- Montezuma 08083
- Montrose 08085
- Morgan 08087
- Otero 08089
- Park 08093
- Prowers 08099
- Pueblo 08101
- Rio Blanco 08103
- Rio Grande 08105
- Routt 08107
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- San Miguel 08113
- Sedgwick 08115
- Teller 08119
- Weld 08123
- Yuma 08125
Idaho view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Ada 16001
- Bannock 16005
- Bear Lake 16007
- Bingham 16011
- Blaine 16013
- Boise 16015
- Bonneville 16019
- Boundary 16021
- Butte 16023
- Camas 16025
- Canyon 16027
- Caribou 16029
- Cassia 16031
- Clark 16033
- Custer 16037
- Elmore 16039
- Franklin 16041
- Fremont 16043
- Gooding 16047
- Idaho 16049
- Jerome 16053
- Lemhi 16059
- Lincoln 16063
- Madison 16065
- Nez Perce 16069
- Owyhee 16073
- Payette 16075
- Power 16077
- Teton 16081
- Twin Falls 16083
- Washington 16087
Illinois view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 62 N ▾
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Comanche 20033
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Edwards 20047
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Geary 20061
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Greeley 20071
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Haskell 20081
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jackson 20085
- Jewell 20089
- Kearny 20093
- Kiowa 20097
- Lane 20101
- Lincoln 20105
- Logan 20109
- Meade 20119
- Mitchell 20123
- Morton 20129
- Ness 20135
- Norton 20137
- Osborne 20141
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Rawlins 20153
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Seward 20175
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Stafford 20185
- Stanton 20187
- Stevens 20189
- Thomas 20193
- Trego 20195
- Wallace 20199
- Wichita 20203
- Wilson 20205
- Wyandotte 20209
Maine view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Big Horn 30003
- Blaine 30005
- Carbon 30009
- Carter 30011
- Chouteau 30015
- Custer 30017
- Daniels 30019
- Dawson 30021
- Fallon 30025
- Fergus 30027
- Gallatin 30031
- Garfield 30033
- Golden Valley 30037
- Granite 30039
- Hill 30041
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lake 30047
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Liberty 30051
- Madison 30057
- McCone 30055
- Meagher 30059
- Mineral 30061
- Missoula 30063
- Musselshell 30065
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Powder River 30075
- Powell 30077
- Prairie 30079
- Ravalli 30081
- Richland 30083
- Roosevelt 30085
- Rosebud 30087
- Sheridan 30091
- Stillwater 30095
- Sweet Grass 30097
- Teton 30099
- Toole 30101
- Valley 30105
- Wheatland 30107
- Wibaux 30109
- Yellowstone 30111
Nebraska view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Adams 31001
- Banner 31007
- Box Butte 31013
- Boyd 31015
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Cass 31025
- Cedar 31027
- Chase 31029
- Cherry 31031
- Clay 31035
- Dawes 31045
- Dawson 31047
- Deuel 31049
- Dodge 31053
- Douglas 31055
- Dundy 31057
- Franklin 31061
- Garden 31069
- Gosper 31073
- Hall 31079
- Harlan 31083
- Hitchcock 31087
- Holt 31089
- Kearney 31099
- Keith 31101
- Keya Paha 31103
- Kimball 31105
- Knox 31107
- Lancaster 31109
- McPherson 31117
- Merrick 31121
- Morrill 31123
- Otoe 31131
- Perkins 31135
- Phelps 31137
- Red Willow 31145
- Sarpy 31153
- Scotts Bluff 31157
- Sheridan 31161
- Sherman 31163
- Sioux 31165
- Thomas 31171
- Webster 31181
Nevada view state ↗ 15 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Bernalillo 35001
- Chaves 35005
- Cibola 35006
- Colfax 35007
- Curry 35009
- De Baca 35011
- Dona Ana 35013
- Eddy 35015
- Harding 35021
- Hidalgo 35023
- Lincoln 35027
- Los Alamos 35028
- Luna 35029
- McKinley 35031
- Mora 35033
- Otero 35035
- Quay 35037
- Rio Arriba 35039
- Roosevelt 35041
- San Juan 35045
- San Miguel 35047
- Sandoval 35043
- Santa Fe 35049
- Sierra 35051
- Socorro 35053
- Taos 35055
- Torrance 35057
- Union 35059
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Bowman 38011
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Dickey 38021
- Dunn 38025
- Emmons 38029
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grand Forks 38035
- Grant 38037
- Griggs 38039
- Kidder 38043
- LaMoure 38045
- Logan 38047
- McHenry 38049
- McIntosh 38051
- McKenzie 38053
- McLean 38055
- Mercer 38057
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Oliver 38065
- Pembina 38067
- Pierce 38069
- Ramsey 38071
- Ransom 38073
- Richland 38077
- Rolette 38079
- Sheridan 38083
- Sioux 38085
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Steele 38091
- Ward 38101
- Wells 38103
- Williams 38105
Oklahoma view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Beadle 46005
- Brule 46015
- Butte 46019
- Charles Mix 46023
- Clay 46027
- Corson 46031
- Custer 46033
- Day 46037
- Fall River 46047
- Hand 46059
- Harding 46063
- Hughes 46065
- Jackson 46071
- Lawrence 46081
- Lincoln 46083
- Lyman 46085
- Mellette 46095
- Pennington 46103
- Perkins 46105
- Sanborn 46111
- Spink 46115
- Stanley 46117
- Sully 46119
- Todd 46121
- Tripp 46123
- Union 46127
- Yankton 46135
- Ziebach 46137
Texas view state ↗ 84 N ▾
- Andrews 48003
- Archer 48009
- Bailey 48017
- Bexar 48029
- Brewster 48043
- Briscoe 48045
- Brown 48049
- Burnet 48053
- Callahan 48059
- Carson 48065
- Childress 48075
- Coke 48081
- Collingsworth 48087
- Comanche 48093
- Concho 48095
- Cottle 48101
- Crockett 48105
- Crosby 48107
- Culberson 48109
- Dallam 48111
- Deaf Smith 48117
- Dickens 48125
- Dimmit 48127
- Donley 48129
- Ector 48135
- Edwards 48137
- El Paso 48141
- Ellis 48139
- Erath 48143
- Fisher 48151
- Floyd 48153
- Frio 48163
- Garza 48169
- Gillespie 48171
- Gonzales 48177
- Gray 48179
- Hansford 48195
- Hardeman 48197
- Hartley 48205
- Hemphill 48211
- Howard 48227
- Hudspeth 48229
- Hutchinson 48233
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Jones 48253
- Kimble 48267
- Kinney 48271
- La Salle 48283
- Lipscomb 48295
- Live Oak 48297
- Llano 48299
- Lubbock 48303
- Maverick 48323
- McCulloch 48307
- McMullen 48311
- Medina 48325
- Menard 48327
- Midland 48329
- Nolan 48353
- Ochiltree 48357
- Oldham 48359
- Palo Pinto 48363
- Pecos 48371
- Potter 48375
- Presidio 48377
- Randall 48381
- Reagan 48383
- Reeves 48389
- Roberts 48393
- Schleicher 48413
- Scurry 48415
- Sherman 48421
- Sutton 48435
- Tarrant 48439
- Taylor 48441
- Terrell 48443
- Travis 48453
- Uvalde 48463
- Val Verde 48465
- Ward 48475
- Webb 48479
- Wheeler 48483
- Wichita 48485
- Young 48503
Utah view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Beaver 49001
- Box Elder 49003
- Cache 49005
- Carbon 49007
- Daggett 49009
- Duchesne 49013
- Emery 49015
- Garfield 49017
- Grand 49019
- Iron 49021
- Juab 49023
- Kane 49025
- Millard 49027
- Piute 49031
- Rich 49033
- Salt Lake 49035
- San Juan 49037
- Sanpete 49039
- Sevier 49041
- Summit 49043
- Tooele 49045
- Uintah 49047
- Utah 49049
- Wasatch 49051
- Washington 49053
- Wayne 49055
- Weber 49057
Washington view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Albany 56001
- Big Horn 56003
- Campbell 56005
- Carbon 56007
- Converse 56009
- Crook 56011
- Fremont 56013
- Goshen 56015
- Hot Springs 56017
- Johnson 56019
- Laramie 56021
- Lincoln 56023
- Natrona 56025
- Niobrara 56027
- Park 56029
- Platte 56031
- Sheridan 56033
- Sublette 56035
- Sweetwater 56037
- Teton 56039
- Uinta 56041
- Washakie 56043
- Weston 56045
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LAOC3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2925753 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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