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Houstonia caerulea

Common Names: Azure Bluet, Quaker Ladies

No listed varieties

Note four pale blue to white petals with yellow center (corolla), some basal leaves. Similar to H. pusilla which can have darker blue petals with a violet/deep purple with reddish eye and generally half the size. Also, similar to H. serpyllifolia which is found on in the Appalcian Mtns of mainly North Carolina and has small roundish leaves (common name is Thyme Leaved Bluet.

Piedmont, SC
TRAIL: Modoc Trail
HABITAT: mix-woods
ELEVATION: 65 m (210 ft)
BLOOM TIME: 30-MAR
Houstonia caerulea
Houstonia caerulea
Houstonia caerulea
Houstonia caerulea