Bluets
Houstonia caerulea
Rubiaceae
Other names
Common Bluets, Quaker Ladies
Growth habit
Herbaceous
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Native to the Finger Lakes Region, Eastern North America
Location
Mundy Wildflower Garden, South Hill Swamp
Source of plant
Unknown
Description
Small perennial, forming a dense, erect clump 5-15 cm high with erect, sparsely branched, slender stems. Leaves 6-9 mm long, oblong to ovate-spatulate, more or less pubescent, petioled towards the base of the stem, sessile towards the apex. Flowers solitary on slender stems; corolla tubular with4-lobed, flairing lobes, about 1 cm across, light blue or violet, or nearly white with a yellow eye, blooming from April to June.
USDA Hardiness Zone
3
Status
L2|S5|G5