Kingdom Plantae Family Rubiaceae Rank Species | Order Gentianales Genus Houstonia | |
Similar Houstonia serpyllifolia, Houstonia pusilla, Houstonia, Houstonia longifolia, Houstonia purpurea | ||
Houstonia rubra, the red bluet, is a plant species in the Rubiaceae. It is a small herb with red to reddish-purple flowers, native to the southwestern United States and northern and central Mexico: Coahuila, Nuevo León, Hidalgo, Zacatecas, Guanajuato, Puebla, Sonora, Durango, Chihuahua, Arizona, New Mexico, southeastern Utah and western Texas.
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