Houstonia purpurea (formerly Hedyotis purpurea) is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the common names Venus's pride, woodland bluet, and purple bluet. It is native to the eastern United States from eastern Texas and Oklahoma east to Florida and Pennsylvania, with scattered populations in Nebraska, Iowa, Michigan, New York State and New England.
| Houstonia purpurea | |
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| Houstonia purpurea var. montana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Houstonia |
| Species: | H. purpurea
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| Binomial name | |
| Houstonia purpurea | |
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Hedyotis purpurea | |
There are three varieties of this species. The rarest, var. montana (Roan Mountain bluet) is a federally listed endangered species of the United States. It occurs only in the southern Appalachians along the border between Tennessee and North Carolina. It is named for Roan Mountain, one of a very few mountain peaks where it grows.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ USFWS. Determination of endangered status for Geum radiatum and Hedyotis purpurea var. montana. Federal Register April 5, 1990.
- ^ Houstonia purpurea var. montana. Archived 2010-12-15 at the Wayback Machine Center for Plant Conservation.
External links
edit- The Nature Conservancy[permanent dead link]
- USDA Plants Profile
- "Houstonia purpurea". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
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