Houstonia wrightii

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Houstonia wrightii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Houstonia
Species:
H. wrightii
Binomial name
Houstonia wrightii
A.Gray
Synonyms [1]
  • Hedyotis wrightii(A.Gray) Fosberg
  • Hedyotis pumilaWilld. ex Roem. & Schult.
  • Hedyotis pygmaeaRoem. & Schult
  • Hedyotis cervantesiiKunth
  • Anotis cervantesii(Kunth) DC.
  • Houstonia humifusaHemsl.
  • Ereicoctis cervantesii(Kunth) Kuntze

Houstonia wrightii, the pygmy bluet, is a plant species in the Rubiaceae. [2] It is native to the south-western United States (Arizona, New Mexico, western Texas) and northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora, Hidalgo). [1] [3] [4]

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