Hackelia virginiana
Common Name: beggarslice, Virginia stickseed
Scientific Name: Hackelia virginiana (L.) I. M. Johnst.
Family Name: Boraginaceae - Borage family
Identification Notes
Life Cycle:
native biennial, reproducing by seed and forming large colonies
Stems:
upright, stout, single from base, branched above, branches perpendicular to stem, rough and fine white hairs, frequently with dark purple striations and sometimes ribbed below 
Leaves:
alternate, basal oval heart-shaped to oval with long winged petioles, stem leaves narrowly oval or lanceolate oblong and sessile, tapering at both ends, fine hairs on larger veins 
Flowers:
5-petaled, white sometimes light blue, small and rather inconspicuous, forming tube, compact at tip and elongating with maturity, hanging downwards; terminal and axillary above, raceme-like clusters
Fruit:
capsule, round, dense barbed bristles, subtended with small bracts, 4-parted with 4 seeds 
