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Southern bluet (Houstonia micrantha); Carpet of white flowers E.Texas
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dave
Feb 16, 2012 3:35 PM CST
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Name: Dave Whitinger
Southlake, Texas (Zone 8a)
This plant recently started blooming around my area. It's about 1 inch high. Any ideas?
Southern bluet (
Houstonia micrantha
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Southern bluet (
Houstonia micrantha
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Dutchlady1
Feb 16, 2012 3:53 PM CST
I know it.... but can't think of the name
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KentPfeiffer
Feb 16, 2012 6:55 PM CST
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Name: Kent Pfeiffer
Southeast Nebraska (Zone 5b)
A species of Houstonia?
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Horntoad
Feb 16, 2012 7:05 PM CST
Name: Jay
Nederland, Texas (Zone 9a)
I does look like Houstonia "Bluets"
Bonap shows Houstonia rosea and Houstonia micrantha growing in your area.
http://www.bonap.org/BONAPmaps...
wildflowersoftexas.com
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dave
Feb 16, 2012 8:25 PM CST
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Name: Dave Whitinger
Southlake, Texas (Zone 8a)
Yes, it definitely does look like a Houstonia. I've never heard of this genus before.
Looking further into this, I am sure that it's the H. microntha. It matches every detail of that species. Thank you all!
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JRsbugs
Feb 16, 2012 8:47 PM CST
Name: Janet Super Sleuth
Near Lincoln UK
Houstonia micrantha looks a good match ..
http://www.usm.edu/herbarium/j...
Others in TX..
http://plants.usda.gov/java/pr...
Houstonia acerosa .. no match
http://www.thehibbitts.net/ter...
Houstonia correllii .. can't find but there's a description of some Houstonia on google books..
http://books.google.co.uk/book...
Houstonia croftiae .. google doesn't recognise it. I found it on an edu site, no flowers but leaves.
http://www.biosci.utexas.edu/p...
Houstonia humifusa .. no match
http://www.wildflower.org/gall...
Houstonia parviflora .. don't think so
http://repository.tamu.edu/han...
http://www.wildflower.org/gall...
Houstonia purpurea .. no match
http://plants.usda.gov/java/pr...
Houstonia pusilla .. no match
http://plants.usda.gov/java/pr...
Houstonia rosea .. no match
http://www.pbase.com/cmf46/oly...
Houstonia rubra .. no match
http://plants.usda.gov/java/pr...
Houstonia subviscosa .. no match
http://www.biosci.utexas.edu/p...
Houstonia wrightii .. no match
http://plants.usda.gov/java/pr...
http://swbiodiversity.org/sein...
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