Houstonia purpurea

Venus' pride; woodland bluet; purple bluet
	var. montana
Conservation status
	; Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Houstonia
Species:	H. purpurea
Binomial name
	Houstonia purpurea; L.
Synonyms
	Hedyotis purpurea

Houstonia purpurea (formerly Hedyotis purpurea) is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the common names Venus' pride, woodland bluet, and purple bluet. It is native to the eastern United States from eastern Texas and Oklahoma east to Florida and Pennsylvania, with scattered populations in Nebraska, Iowa, Michigan, New York State and New England.

There are three varieties of this species. The rarest, var. montana (Roan Mountain bluet) is a federally listed endangered species of the United States. It occurs only in the southern Appalachians along the border between Tennessee and North Carolina. It is named for Roan Mountain, one of a very few mountain peaks where it grows.^[1]^[2]

References

^ USFWS. Determination of endangered status for Geum radiatum and Hedyotis purpurea var. montana. Federal Register April 5, 1990.
^ Houstonia purpurea var. montana. Center for Plant Conservation.

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[fed-1] USFWS. Determination of endangered status for Geum radiatum and Hedyotis purpurea var. montana. Federal Register April 5, 1990.

[cpc-2] Houstonia purpurea var. montana. Center for Plant Conservation.

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