PLANTS Profile for Houstonia purpurea var. calycosa (Venus' pride)

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PLANTS Profile

Houstonia purpurea L. var. calycosa A. Gray
Venus' pride

Symbol:

HOPUC

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rubiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Houstonia purpurea L. var. calycosa A. Gray

Houstonia lanceolata

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 252. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Houstonia purpurea L. var. calycosa A. Gray

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Synonyms:
Houstonia purpurea L. var. calycosa A. Gray

	HELA16	Hedyotis lanceolata Poir.
	HEPUC2	Hedyotis purpurea (L.) Torr. & A. Gray var. calycosa (A. Gray) Fosberg
	HOCA10	Houstonia calycosa (A. Gray) C. Mohr
	HOLA5	Houstonia lanceolata (Poir.) Britton

Distribution:
Houstonia purpurea L. var. calycosa A. Gray


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USA (AL, AR, CT, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, TN, VA, VT, WV)

Related Taxa:
Houstonia purpurea L. var. calycosa A. Gray

View 84 genera in Rubiaceae, 18 species in Houstonia, 3 varieties in Houstonia purpurea L.

Classification:
Houstonia purpurea L. var. calycosa A. Gray

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Rubiales
Family	Rubiaceae – Madder family
Genus	Houstonia L. – bluet
Species	Houstonia purpurea L. – Venus' pride
Variety	Houstonia purpurea L. var. calycosa A. Gray – Venus' pride

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Houstonia purpurea L. var. calycosa A. Gray

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

New York:
purple bluets		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Houstonia purpurea L. var. calycosa A. Gray

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 196212.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 12:38 AM CDT