Houstonia rubra

Houstonia rubra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Houstonia
Species:
H. rubra
Binomial name
Houstonia rubra
Synonyms[1]
  • Hedyotis rubra (Cav.) A.Gray
  • Houstonia saxicola Eastw.
  • Oldenlandia rubra (Cav.) A.Gray

Houstonia rubra, the red bluet, is a plant species in the Rubiaceae.[2] It is a small herb with white to pink to red to reddish-purple flowers, native to the southwestern United States and northern and central Mexico: Coahuila, Nuevo León, Hidalgo, Zacatecas, Guanajuato, Puebla, Sonora, Durango, Chihuahua, Arizona, New Mexico, southeastern Utah and western Texas.[1][3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew".[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ Cavanilles, Antonio José. 1799. Icones et Descriptiones Plantarum 5: 48, pl. 474, f. 1.
  3. ^ http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Houstonia%20rubra.png [bare URL image file]
  4. ^ Southwest Environmental Information Network
  5. ^ Encyclopedia of Life


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