Houstonia serpyllifolia

Creeping Bluet Mountain Bluet Thymeleaf Bluet Appalachian Bluet
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Houstonia
Species:	H. serpyllifolia
Binomial name
*Houstonia serpyllifolia* Michx.
Synonyms^[1]
Anotis serpyllifolia (Michx.) G.Don Hedyotis serpyllifolia (Michx.) Torr. & A.Gray Oldenlandia serpyllifolia (Michx.) A.Gray Houstonia tenella Pursh Anotis tenella (Pursh) G.Don Houstonia serpyllifolia f. alba Alexander Hedyotis michauxii Fosberg Hedyotis michauxii f. alba (Alexander) Fosberg

Houstonia serpyllifolia, (common names Creeping Bluet, Mountain Bluet, Thymeleaf Bluet, Appalachian Bluet)^[2] is a plant species in the Rubiaceae. It is native to the eastern United States, primarily the Appalachian Mountains. The name "serpyllifolia" alludes to the resemblance between this plant and the culinary herb wild thyme, Thymus serpyllum.^[3] Houstonia serpyllifolia grows in Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, western Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, and northeastern Georgia.^[1]^[4]

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