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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Houstonia pusilla
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Houstonia pusilla
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Houstonia pusilla
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Houstonia pusilla
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Hedyotis crassifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Hedyotis crassifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-08-003:
Houstonia pusilla FAMILY Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Houstonia minima
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Houstonia pusilla
COMMON NAME:
Tiny Bluet, Small Bluet
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JK Marlow jkm200228_2876
February Williamsburg County SC
Leaves ovate, lanceolate or elliptic; tips acute; margins toothless, ciliate, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
JK Marlow jkm200315_3194
March Greenville County SC
H. micrantha's small white flowers mixed with the larger blue H. pusilla.
Roxanna Martin rlm32011_117
March Spartanburg County SC
Four-lobed purple (rarely white) corolla with a reddish center, per Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000).
Steve Marlow snm100327_r111_32
March Greenville County SC
Parking lot
Leaves mostly basal or greatly reduced above, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Glen Peterson gkp_9935_hpusilla
April Spartanburg County SC
4-lobed salverform corolla, 4 lanceolate or subulate sepals, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Glen Peterson gkp_9950_hpusilla
April Spartanburg County SC
Plants annual, with at most a few short-lived basal leaves, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Houstonia pusilla
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Houstonia pusilla
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Houstonia pusilla
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Houstonia pusilla
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Hedyotis crassifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Hedyotis crassifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-08-003:
Houstonia pusilla
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Houstonia minima
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Houstonia pusilla
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