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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Houstonia caerulea
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
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Read more about Quaker Ladies at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Houstonia caerulea
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Hedyotis caerulea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Hedyotis caerulea
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-08-001:
Houstonia caerulea FAMILY Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Houstonia caerulea
COMMON NAME:
Quaker Ladies, Common Bluet, Innocence, Azure Bluet
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Keith Bradley kab_h_caerulea_2659
March Newberry County SC
Lynch's Woods Park
Flowers similar to those of H. serpyllifolia; H. caerulea is a somewhat duller blue, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
Terry Holdsclaw tdh_h_caerulea_9599
March Lincoln County NC
Corolla about 1/2" wide, blue to white with a yellow eye, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
JK Marlow jkm140420_466
April Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
Plants forming clumps less than or equal to 4" wide, per Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006).
JK Marlow jkm140420_470
April Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
Erect, rising from a basal rosette of spatulate leaves 1/2" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
JK Marlow jkm190412_7250
April Rabun County GA
Plants with a well-developed, persistent basal rosette, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
Terry Holdsclaw tdh_h_caerulea_0021b
April Catawba County NC
A delicate plant with solitary salverform flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Houstonia caerulea
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Houstonia caerulea
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Hedyotis caerulea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Hedyotis caerulea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-08-001:
Houstonia caerulea
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Houstonia caerulea