NameThatPlant.net: Houstonia procumbens

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Houstonia procumbens FAMILY Rubiaceae

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

Houstonia procumbens FAMILY Rubiaceae

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

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

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)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

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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