Long-leaved Bluets

(Houstonia longifolia)

 

   

 

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Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

 

Long-leaved Bluets (Houstonia longifolia Gaertn.)

Identification: Flowers white to light lavender. Corolla tubular with 4 sharply pointed petal lobes. Flowers in small terminal clusters of 1 to 3 flowers or arising from side branches. Leaves elongate, slender, in opposite pairs. A small plant, 5 to 10 inches in height.

Distribution: Rhroughout eastern North America.

Habitat: Long-leaved Bluets are found in poor or rocky soils.

Flowering period: June to September.

Similar Species: The leaves of Large Houstonia are larger and boader than those of Long-leaved Bluets. The leaves of Bluets and Thyme-leaved Bluets are small, and general rounder with most of the larger leaves concentrated near the base of the plant.

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