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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Houstonia procumbens
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Houstonia procumbens
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Genera of Cinchonoideae (Rubiaceae) in the southeastern US (Rogers, 1987)
Hedyotis procumbens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-08-004:
Houstonia procumbens
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Houstonia procumbens
COMMON NAME:
Creeping Bluet, Roundleaf Bluet, Trailing Bluet, Fairy-footprints
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_houstonia_procumbens
March
Creeping, often matted, with decumbent stems & ovate to nearly round leaves, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Houstonia procumbens
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Houstonia procumbens
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Genera of Cinchonoideae (Rubiaceae) in the southeastern US (Rogers, 1987)
Hedyotis procumbens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-08-004:
Houstonia procumbens
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Houstonia procumbens
2319
Forb
Perennial
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - SC
Common in Coastal Plain
Look for it on beach dunes, in moist to wet sandy pinelands, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Wet
...Moist
...Dry
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Winter/SpringFall
White
rarely pale lavender
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4-lobed salverform corolla
4 included stamens
FRUIT:
Winter/SpringFall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p180
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p157
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p351
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p105
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p089
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p098