Houstonia ouachitana

Ouachita bluet
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Houstonia
Species:	H. ouachitana
Binomial name
	Houstonia ouachitana ; (E.B.Sm.) Terrell
Synonyms
	Hedyotis ouachitana E.B. Sm.

Houstonia ouachitana (Ouachita bluet)^[2] is a species of plants in the coffee family. It is endemic to the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma. It is an herb up to 20 cm tall, with lanceloate basal leaves and narrowly linear cauline leaves.^[3]^[4]

References

^ Tropicos
^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Houstonia ouachitana". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
^ Terrell, Edward Everett. 1988. Phytologia 65(2): 119, Houstonia ouachitana
^ Smith, Edwin Burnell. 1977. Hedyotis ouachitana (Rubiaceae): a new species from the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma. Brittonia 28: 453–459, f. 1–2. Hedyotis ouachitana

External links

photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Arkansas, isotype of Houstonia ouachitana

[1] Tropicos

[2] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Houstonia ouachitana". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 May 2015.

[3] Terrell, Edward Everett. 1988. Phytologia 65(2): 119, Houstonia ouachitana

[4] Smith, Edwin Burnell. 1977. Hedyotis ouachitana (Rubiaceae): a new species from the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma. Brittonia 28: 453–459, f. 1–2. Hedyotis ouachitana

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