Houstonia rubra
| Red bluet | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae
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| (unranked): | Angiosperms
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| Genus: | Houstonia
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| Species: | H. rubra
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| Binomial name | |
| Houstonia rubra Cav.
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Houstonia rubra, the red bluet, is a plant species in the Rubiaceae.[2] It is a small herb with 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[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=100414
- ^ Cavanilles, Antonio José. 1799. Icones et Descriptiones Plantarum 5: 48, pl. 474, f. 1.
- ^ http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Houstonia%20rubra.png
- ^ Southwest Environmental Information Network
- ^ Encyclopedia of Life
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Categories:
- Houstonia (plant)
- Flora of Arizona
- Flora of Chihuahua (state)
- Flora of Coahuila
- Flora of Durango
- Flora of Guanajuato
- Flora of Hidalgo (state)
- Flora of New Mexico
- Flora of Nuevo León
- Flora of Puebla
- Flora of Texas
- Flora of Utah
- Flora of Zacatecas
- Plants described in 1799
- Rubiaceae stubs