Houstonia procumbens: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Gentianales
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Houstonia
- Species
- Houstonia procumbens
- Scientific Name
- Houstonia procumbens
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Houstonia procumbens
Houstonia procumbens, the roundleaf bluet, is a perennial species in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to the southeastern United States: Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida and South Carolina. Its native habitats include disturbed sites, and moist, open, sandy areas. Flowers bloom March to October.
This species can occur as an erect or creeping perennial or annual. Its leaves are oppositely arranged and are ovate to suborbicular in shape. They may reach a length between 7 and 10 millimeters in length and 4 to 10 millimeters wide. The flowers are white in color and have four petals.
...Houstonia procumbens in languages:
- English
- roundleaf bluet
- English
- Wood Innocence
- English
- Innocence
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Houstonia acerosa
- Houstonia caerulea
- Houstonia canadensis
- Houstonia correllii
- Houstonia croftiae
- Houstonia humifusa
- Houstonia longifolia
- Houstonia macvaughii
- Houstonia micrantha
- Houstonia montana
- Houstonia ouachitana
- Houstonia palmeri
- Houstonia parviflora
- Houstonia procumbens
- Houstonia prostrata
- Houstonia purpurea
- Houstonia pusilla
- Houstonia rosea
- Houstonia rubra
- Houstonia rupestris
- Houstonia serpyllifolia
- Houstonia sharpii
- Houstonia spellenbergii
- Houstonia subviscosa
- Houstonia teretifolia
- Houstonia wrightii































































































































































