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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Houstonia procumbens
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Houstonia procumbens
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Houstonia procumbens
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
SYNONYMOUS WITH Andre Michaux
Houstonia rotundifolia
COMMON NAME:
Creeping Bluet, Roundleaf Bluet, Trailing Bluet, Fairy-footprints
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March
Creeping, often matted, with decumbent stems & ovate to nearly round leaves, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Houstonia procumbens
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Houstonia procumbens
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Houstonia procumbens
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
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Andre Michaux
Houstonia rotundifolia
2319
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: beach dunes, moist to wet sandy pinelands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Common in GA & SC (rare in NC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Winter/SpringFall
White
rarely pale lavender
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4-lobed salverform corolla
4 included stamens
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Winter/SpringFall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p180
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p157
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p351
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p504
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p105
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p089
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p098
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p319
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