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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Thymeleaf Bluet 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 serpyllifolia
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Houstonia serpyllifolia
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Hedyotis michauxii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-08-002:
Houstonia serpyllifolia
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Thymeleaf Bluet, Appalachian Bluet, Prostrate Bluet, Marsh Bluet
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hose2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm060429_125
April Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm060429_125b
April Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Blue-violet with a light yellow eye, 0.4"-0.5" across, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm100422_051
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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JK Marlow jkm130420_499
April Transylvania County NC
Foothills Trail
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JK Marlow jkm060513_026
May Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
The prostrate stems have numerous roundish leaves under 1/4", per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm160503_219
May Haywood-Jackson Counties NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm160503_252
May Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm160503_253
May Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm190719_9939
July Transylvania County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
Leaves are opposite, short-stalked, rounded to ovate, on creeping stems, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm190914_1565
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Tim Spira tpshserpyllifolia
Month Unknown