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Thyme-leaved Bluet
Houstonia serpyllifolia
Houstonia serpyllifolia, (common names creeping bluet, mountain bluet, thymeleaf bluet, Appalachian bluet) 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. Houstonia serpyllifolia grows in Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, western Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, and northeastern Georgia.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 163844.