Houstonia rosea

Houstonia rosea, the rose bluet, is a North American plant species in the coffee family.[3][4] It is a tiny plant only a few centimeters tall, with pink flowers. It is native to the south-central United States: Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and southern Missouri.[5][6]

Rose bluet
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Gentianales
Family:
Rubiaceae
Genus:
Houstonia
Species:
H. rosea
Binomial name
Houstonia rosea
(Raf.) Terrell
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Hedyotis rosea Raf. 1817
  • Hedyotis minima f. albiflora Lathrop
  • Hedyotis taylorae Fosberg ex Shinners
  • Houstonia minor var. pusilla (A.Gray) Small
  • Houstonia patens var. pusilla A.Gray
  • Houstonia pygmaea C.H.Müll. & M.T.Mull.

References
  1. Tropicos
  2. The Plant List, Houstonia rosea (Raf.) Terrell
  3. Terrell, Edward Everett. 1986. Rhodora 88(855): 395, Houstonia rosea
  4. Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1817. Florula Ludoviciana, or, a Flora of the State of Louisiana, p 77, Hedyotis rosea
  5. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  6. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map


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