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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Houstonia rosea   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Houstonia rosea

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

Houstonia rosea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas (Correll & Johnston, 1970)

Hedyotis rosea

 

COMMON NAME:
Rose Bluet, Pygmy Bluet


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Becky Dill    gly_030423a

March    Anson County    NC

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Becky Dill    gly_030423b

March    Anson County    NC

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Becky Dill    gly_030423c

March    Anson County    NC

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Becky Dill    gly_040123a

April    Anson County    NC

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Becky Dill    gly_040123b

April    Anson County    NC

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Becky Dill    gly_040123d

April    Anson County    NC

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Tracy S. Feldman    tsf_houstonia_2022_2

April    Scotland County    NC

St. Andrews University

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Tracy S. Feldman    tsf_houstonia_2022_23

April    Scotland County    NC

St. Andrews University

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Tracy S. Feldman    tsf_houstonia_2022_4

April    Scotland County    NC

St. Andrews University

image of Houstonia rosea, Rose Bluet, Pygmy Bluet

Tracy S. Feldman    tsf_houstonia_2022_5

April    Scotland County    NC

St. Andrews University

image of Houstonia rosea, Rose Bluet, Pygmy Bluet

Tracy S. Feldman    tsf_houstonia_2022_7

April    Scotland County    NC

St. Andrews University

image of Houstonia rosea, Rose Bluet, Pygmy Bluet

Tracy S. Feldman    tsf_houstonia_2022_8

April    Scotland County    NC

St. Andrews University

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Tracy S. Feldman    tsf_houstonia_whiteseeds7

April    Scotland County    NC

St. Andrews University

image of Houstonia rosea, Rose Bluet, Pygmy Bluet

Tracy S. Feldman    tsf_hrosea_bloom2023_2

April    Scotland County    NC

St. Andrews University

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Houstonia rosea   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Houstonia rosea

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas (Correll & Johnston, 1970)
Hedyotis rosea

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4500

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Bottomlands, lawns, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native west of the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves have petioles.

FLOWER:
Spring
White to pale pink
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4-lobed salverform corolla
4 included stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring?
Capsule

 

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