Common Name: bluets, quaker ladies
Scientific Name: Houstonia caerulea L.
Family Name: Rubiaceae - Madder Family

Identification Notes:

life cycle - native perennial, reproducing by seed and slender rhizomes

stems - upright, slender stems, smooth, numerous, usually from a single base, sparsely branched growth habit 1, growth habit 2, growth habit 3, growth habit 4

leaves - ovate to oblanceolate, entire, rosette basal; stems leaves small, opposite, linear, sessile basal leaves

flowers - 4-petaled, light blue to light violet or white with yellow centers, base of petals form long tube; solitary, terminal flowers 1, flowers 2

other - appears in spring only

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