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Amsonia

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Amsonia

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Amsonia hubrichtii, Amsonia tomentosa

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Amsonia is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1788. It is native primarily to North America with one species in East Asia and another in the eastern Mediterranean.

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Amsonia Amsonia tabernaemontana

Amsonia is named in honor of the American physician John Amson. Members of the genus are commonly known as bluestars.

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Species
  1. Amsonia ciliata Walter – Fringed Bluestar - SE US, S Great Plains
  2. Amsonia elliptica (Thunb. ex Murray) Roem. & Schult. – Japanese Bluestar - China, Japan, Korea
  3. Amsonia fugatei S.P.McLaughlin – San Antonio Bluestar - New Mexico
  4. Amsonia grandiflora Alexander – Arizona Bluestar - Arizona, Sonora, Durango
  5. Amsonia hubrichtii Woodson – Hubricht's Bluestar - Arkansas, Oklahoma
  6. Amsonia illustris Woodson – Ozark Bluestar - Mississippi Valley, also Nevada
  7. Amsonia jonesii Woodson – Jones' Bluestar - Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado
  8. Amsonia kearneyana Woodson – Kearney's Bluestar - Baboquivari in Pima Co. in Arizona
  9. Amsonia longiflora Torr. – Tubular Bluestar - Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Coahuila
  10. Amsonia ludoviciana Vail – Louisiana Bluestar - Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia
  11. Amsonia orientalis Decne. – European Bluestar - Greece, Turkey
  12. Amsonia palmeri A.Gray – Palmer's Bluestar - Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Sonora, Chihuahua
  13. Amsonia peeblesii Woodson – Peebles' Bluestar - Arizona
  14. Amsonia repens Shinners – Creeping Bluestar - E Texas, SW Louisiana
  15. Amsonia rigida Shuttlw. ex Small – Stiff Bluestar - from Georgia to Louisiana
  16. Amsonia tabernaemontana Walter – Eastern Bluestar - S + C + E United States
  17. Amsonia tharpii Woodson – Feltleaf Bluestar - W Texas, SE New Mexico
  18. Amsonia tomentosa Torr. & Frém. – Woolly Bluestar - SW US; Chihuahua
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References

Amsonia Wikipedia