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Bluets (Houstonia caerulea)

Image ID: sc39

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Other common names: Azure Bluet
Native
Family: Rubiaceae (Bedstraw)
Height: 0.25 to 0.5 ft.
Blooms: April to June
Leaf Type: smooth
Bloom Size:  0.5 in. (typical)
Flower Description: Individual flowers, Regular blooms, 4 parts
Location: Sandy Creek Trail
Date:  5/17/2003
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We started out as wildflowers from the bicycle trails of western Pennsylvania, but we've grown!
Meyer, Joseph E. (1918). The Herbalist and Herb Doctor. Hammond, Ind.: Indiana Herb Gardens. 400 pp.

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