Common Name:
bluets
Common Name Synonym:
quaker ladies
Scientific Name:
Houstonia caerulea
Family Name:
Rubiaceae
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Madder Family
Life Cycle
native perennial, reproducing by seed and slender rhizomes
Stems
upright, slender stems, smooth, numerous, usually from a single base, sparsely branched
Leaves
ovate to oblanceolate, entire, rosette basal; stems leaves small, opposite, linear, sessile
Flowers
4-petaled, light blue to light violet or white with yellow centers, base of petals form long tube; solitary, terminal
