Houstonia micrantha

Southern bluet
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Houstonia
Species: H. micrantha
Binomial name
Houstonia micrantha
(Shinners) Terrell
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Hedyotis crassifolia var. micrantha Shinners
  • Hedyotis australis W.H.Lewis & D.W.Moore

Houstonia micrantha, the southern bluet, is a plant species in the coffee family.[3][4][5]

It is native to the south-central United States: Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, southern Missouri, Alabama, western Tennessee, extreme western Florida (Escambia County) plus a few isolated locations in Georgia.[6][7]

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