OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Houstonia montana   FAMILY Rubiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Houstonia purpurea var. montana   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Houstonia purpurea var. montana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Houstonia purpurea var. montana

INCLUDED WITHIN The Genera of Cinchonoideae (Rubiaceae) in the southeastern US (Rogers, 1987)

Hedyotis purpurea

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-08-005?:

Houstonia purpurea   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Houstonia montana

SYNONYMOUS WITH -

Hedyotis purpurea var. montana

 

COMMON NAME:
Roan Mountain Bluet


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image of Houstonia montana, Roan Mountain Bluet

JK Marlow    jkm0407v_37

July    Mitchell County    NC

The Roan Highlands

Leaves ovate and shorter than H. purpurea, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Houstonia montana   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Houstonia purpurea var. montana   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Houstonia purpurea var. montana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Houstonia purpurea var. montana

INCLUDED WITHIN The Genera of Cinchonoideae (Rubiaceae) in the southeastern US (Rogers, 1987)
Hedyotis purpurea

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-08-005?:
Houstonia purpurea   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Houstonia montana

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Hedyotis purpurea var. montana

 

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698

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: In crevices of rock outcrops at the summits of high elevation peaks of the Southern Blue Ridge, also in thin, frost-heaved, gravelly soils of grassy balds near summit outcrops, from 1250-1950 m in elevation, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite (basal leaves absent or withered at flowering)
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Summer
Purple
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4-lobed funnelform corolla
4 included stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

 

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