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Houstonia humifusa
Houstonia humifusa, commonly called matted bluet, is a plant species in the coffee family (Rubiaceae). It is native to the United States, where it is found in Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. It is typically found in sandy areas, or sometimes over gypsum.
Houstonia humifusa is an herbaceous annual, growing to around 15 cm tall. It produces light pink and purple flowers in spring and early summer.
Needleleaf bluet · Azure bluet · Canadian summer bluet · Correll's bluet · Croft's bluet · Longleaf summer bluet · Southern bluet · Ouachita bluet · Houstonia palmeri · Greenman's bluet · Roundleaf bluet · Venus' pride
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Houstonia humifusa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
