Montane. Openings. Summer.
Priest Lake, July 14, 2008.

Hackelia floribunda and Hackelia micrantha are very similar.  The plants shown have some characteristics of H. micrantha (strongly perennial and numerous stems) but fit botanical keys best for H. floribunda.  Weber and Kartesz also indicate that there are no confirmed specimens of H. micrantha within a hundred miles of the meadow I photographed the plants. The nutlets are essential in separating the two species and I will collect and examine these to be sure of the identification of the pictured plants.

The plant was first named Echinospermum floribundum  by Johann Lehmann in 1830 from a specimen collected by Thomas Drummond in Canada in the 1820s.  The plant was renamed Hackelia floribunda by Ivan Johnson in 1923.

Montane. Openings. Summer.
Priest Lake, July 14, 2008.

Montane. Openings. Summer.
Madden Peak Road, July 20, 2008.

Seeds are quite prickly and seed stems curve around the main stem to all face in the same direction.

Montane. Openings. Summer.
Priest Lake, July 14, 2008.