Houstonia caerulea

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
Stems of Bluets
Stems of Bluets
Stems of Bluets
Stems of Bluets
Stems of Bluets
Leaves
ovate to oblanceolate, entire, rosette basal; stems leaves small, opposite, linear, sessile
Leaves of Bluets
Flowers
4-petaled, light blue to light violet or white with yellow centers, base of petals form long tube; solitary, terminal
Flowers of Bluets
Flowers of Bluets