Houstonia caerulea

Common Bluets, Azure Bluets

[ click on any image below to see larger version ]


Family: Rubiaceae

Mid-Atlantic bloom time: April - May
Mid-Atlantic fruit ripe: May - June

Our most common bluets, with pale azure-blue petals and a yellow center. The much less common Common Bluets (Houstonia pusilla) flowers have a purple-red and yellow center and bloom slightly earlier.




16 May 2012
Appalachian Trail in Shenandoah National Park (Central District), VA
28 April 2015
Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA
   




Return to list of flora