Houstonia caerulea
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Houstonia caerulea, Linn. Bluets. Innocence. Quaker Lady. Fig. 1920. Little tufted perennials, 3-6 in. high, the sts. glabrous: radical lvs. spatulate to obovate, hairy, short - petioled, the st.-lvs. small: corolla salyerform, the tube much exceeding the calyx-lobes, varying from blue to white, with a yellow eye. B.M. 370. Gn.vV. 20:868. — Charming little plant in grassy places in the northeastern states and southward in the Alleghany region; early spring. Excellent for rockwork and grassy borders. In gardens, may be treated as annual or biennial.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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