PLANTS Profile for Houstonia caerulea (azure bluet)

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Houstonia caerulea L.
azure bluet

Symbol:

HOCA4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rubiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N
SPM		I

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Houstonia caerulea L.

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Synonyms:
Houstonia caerulea L.

	HECA19	Hedyotis caerulea (L.) Hook.
	HOCAF	Houstonia caerulea L. var. faxonorum Pease & A.H. Moore

Distribution:
Houstonia caerulea L.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NB, NS, ON, QC), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Houstonia caerulea L.

View 84 genera in Rubiaceae, 18 species in Houstonia

Classification:
Houstonia caerulea L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Rubiales
Family	Rubiaceae – Madder family
Genus	Houstonia L. – bluet
Species	Houstonia caerulea L. – azure bluet

Introduced Information:
Houstonia caerulea L.

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Houstonia caerulea L.

Nat. Ind.

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FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Houstonia caerulea L.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 35038.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 09/21/2008 06:48 AM MDT