Houstonia tenuifolia Nuttall
Detail
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Botanical Name
- Houstonia tenuifolia Nuttall
- Common Name
- Narrowleaf Bluets, Diffuse-branched Bluets
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Houstonia tenuifolia Nutt.
- Comments
- Plants here distinguished as H. tenuifolia constitute one of Terrell's groups within H. longifolia. These are the morphological extremes with leaves linear or filiform and internodes 20-80 mm, etc. Many plants from the mountains are intermediate.
- Habitat
- Dry forests, woodlands, clearings, and disturbed habitats, especially over rocky or hard clay soils. Frequent in the sw. Virginia mountains and s. Piedmont; rare elsewhere.
- Native Status
- Native
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