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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Houstonia procumbens   FAMILY Rubiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Houstonia procumbens   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Houstonia procumbens

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Genera of Cinchonoideae (Rubiaceae) in the southeastern US (Rogers, 1987)

Hedyotis procumbens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-08-004:

Houstonia procumbens   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Houstonia procumbens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Andre Michaux

Houstonia rotundifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Creeping Bluet, Roundleaf Bluet, Trailing Bluet, Fairy-footprints


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image of Houstonia procumbens, Creeping Bluet, Roundleaf Bluet, Trailing Bluet, Fairy-footprints

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_houstonia_procumbens

March        

Creeping, often matted, with decumbent stems & ovate to nearly round leaves, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Houstonia procumbens   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Houstonia procumbens   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Houstonia procumbens

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Genera of Cinchonoideae (Rubiaceae) in the southeastern US (Rogers, 1987)
Hedyotis procumbens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-08-004:
Houstonia procumbens   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Houstonia procumbens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Andre Michaux
Houstonia rotundifolia

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2319

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: beach dunes, moist to wet sandy pinelands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Common in GA & SC (rare in NC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Winter/SpringFall
White rarely pale lavender
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4-lobed salverform corolla
4 included stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Winter/SpringFall
Capsule

 

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