...Moist
...Variable
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Quaker Ladies at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Houstonia caerulea
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Houstonia caerulea
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Hedyotis caerulea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-08-001:
Houstonia caerulea
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Quaker Ladies, Common Bluet, Innocence, Azure Bluet
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hoca4_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm160319_032035
March Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
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Keith Bradley kab_h_caerulea_2659
March Newberry County SC
Lynch's Woods Park
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_h_caerulea_9599
March Lincoln County NC
Corolla about 1/2" wide, blue to white with a yellow eye, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm140420_466
April Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
Plants forming clumps less than or equal to 4" wide, per Wildflowers in the Field and Forest.
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JK Marlow jkm140420_470
April Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
Erect, rising from a basal rosette of spatulate leaves 1/2" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm190412_7250
April Rabun County GA
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_h_caerulea_2
April
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_houstonia_caerulea_3
April
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_h_caerulea_0021b
April Catawba County NC
A delicate plant with solitary salverform flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_houstonia_caerulea_1b
April Catawba County NC
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JK Marlow jkm170507_715
May Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm170507_715b
May Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm170507_716
May Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway