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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Houstonia pusilla
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Houstonia pusilla
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 173-08-003:
Houstonia pusilla
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991):
Hedyotis crassifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933):
Houstonia minima
COMMON NAME:
Tiny Bluet, Small Bluet
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_homi2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hopa6_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm160226_995
February Aiken County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0303y_22
March Greenville County SC
Roadside
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Roxanna Martin rlm32011_117
March Spartanburg County SC
Four-lobed purple (rarely white) corolla with a reddish center, per Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops.
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Steve Marlow snm100327_r111_32
March Greenville County SC
Parking lot
Leaves mostly basal or greatly reduced above, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Glen Peterson gkp_9935_hpusilla
April Spartanburg County SC
4-lobed salverform corolla, 4 lanceolate or subulate sepals, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Glen Peterson gkp_9950_hpusilla
April Spartanburg County SC
Plants annual, with at most a few short-lived basal leaves, per Weakley's Flora.
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Glen Peterson gkp_9955_hpusilla
April Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0504b_12
April Greenville County SC
Field