Houstonia ouachitana, the 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]
| Houstonia ouachitana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Houstonia |
| Species: | H. ouachitana
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| Binomial name | |
| Houstonia ouachitana | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Hedyotis ouachitana E.B. Sm. | |
References
edit- ^ 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
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