Houstonia longifolia Gaertn.
Detail
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Botanical Name
- Houstonia longifolia Gaertn.
- Common Name
- Longleaf Bluets
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Houstonia longifolia Gaertn.
- Comments
- Terrell recognized 5 morphologically strongly overlapping groups within the longifolia complex (Syst. Bot. Monogr. 48 (1996)). Mapping is thus problematic.
- Habitat
- Dry forests, woodlands, barrens, road banks, and rock outcrops; tolerant of a range of soil chemistries. Common in the mountains; becoming increasingly infrequent eastward in the Piedmont and inner Coastal Plain.
- Native Status
- Native
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