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Vascular Plant Database Family Results



Category: Dicots

Family Name: Rubiaceae

Species Name
 
Cephalanthus -  Maps/Photos
  1. Cephalanthus occidentalis L.   
     NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
     Common Name: common buttonbush
 
Diodia -  Maps/Photos
  2. Diodia teres Walt.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
     Common Name: poorjoe
  3. Diodia virginiana L.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
     Common Name: Virginia buttonweed
 
Galium -  Maps/Photos
  4. Galium anglicum Huds.*   
     Common Name: Lamarck's bedstraw
  5. Galium aparine L.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
     Common Name: stickywilly
  6. Galium asprellum Michx. (TN Special Concern Species)  
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland +
     Common Name: rough bedstraw
  7. Galium circaezans Michx.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
     Common Name: licorice bedstraw
  8. Galium concinnum Torr. & Gray   
     NWI R2 TN: Obligate Upland
     Common Name: shining bedstraw
  9. Galium divaricatum Pourret ex Lam.*   
     Common Name: Lamarck's bedstraw
  10. Galium lanceolatum Torr.   
     Common Name: lanceleaf wild licorice
  11. Galium latifolium Michx.   
     Common Name: purple bedstraw
  12. Galium mollugo L.*   
     Common Name: false baby's breath
  13. Galium obtusum Bigelow   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland -
     Common Name: bluntleaf bedstraw
  14. Galium palustre L. (TN Special Concern Species)  
     Common Name: common marsh bedstraw
  15. Galium parisiense L.*   
     Common Name: wall bedstraw
  16. Galium pedemontanum (Bellardi) All.*   
     Common Name: piedmont bedstraw
     Synonymns:
      Cruciata pedemontana (Bellardi) All.
  17. Galium pilosum Ait.   
     Common Name: hairy bedstraw
  18. Galium tinctorium L.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
     Common Name: stiff marsh bedstraw
  19. Galium triflorum Michx.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
     Common Name: fragrant bedstraw
  20. Galium uniflorum Michaux. (TN Special Concern Species)  
     Common Name: oneflower bedstraw
  21. Galium virgatum Nutt.   
     Common Name: southwestern bedstraw
 
Hedyotis -  Maps/Photos
  22. Hedyotis nigricans (Lam.) Fosberg   
     Common Name: diamond flowers
     Synonymns:
      Houstonia nigricans (Lam.) Fern.
 
Houstonia -  Maps/Photos
  23. Houstonia caerulea L.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative
     Common Name: azure bluet
     Synonymns:
      Hedyotis caerulea (L.) Hook.
  24. Houstonia canadensis Willd. ex Roemer & J.A. Schultes   
     Common Name: Canadian summer bluet
     Synonymns:
      Hedyotis canadensis (Willd. ex Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Fosberg
  25. Houstonia longifolia Gaertn.   
     Common Name: longleaf summer bluet
     Synonymns:
      Hedyotis nuttalliana Fosberg
      Hedyotis longifolia (Gaertn.) Hook.
      Houstonia tenuifolia Nutt.
  26. Houstonia micrantha (Shinners) Terrell   
     Common Name: southern bluet
     Synonymns:
      Hedyotis australis W.H. Lewis & D.M. Moore
  27. Houstonia purpurea var. calycosa    
     Common Name: Venus' pride
     Synonymns:
      Hedyotis purpurea (L.) Torr. & Gray var. calycosa (Gray) Fosberg
  28. Houstonia purpurea var. montana  (TN Endangered Species)  (Fed Listed Endangered)
     Common Name: Roan Mountain bluet
     Synonymns:
      Hedyotis purpurea (L.) Torr. & Gray var. montana (Small) Fosberg
      Houstonia montana Small
  29. Houstonia purpurea var. purpurea    
     Common Name: Venus' pride
     Synonymns:
      Hedyotis purpurea (L.) Torr. & Gray
  30. Houstonia pusilla Schoepf   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
     Common Name: tiny bluet
     Synonymns:
      Houstonia minima Beck
      Hedyotis crassifolia Raf.
  31. Houstonia serpyllifolia Michx.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
     Common Name: thymeleaf bluet
     Synonymns:
      Hedyotis michauxii Fosberg
 
Mitchella -  Maps/Photos
  32. Mitchella repens L.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland +
     Common Name: partridge berry
 
Oldenlandia -  Maps/Photos
  33. Oldenlandia boscii (DC.) Chapm.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland -
     Common Name: Bosc's mille graines
     Synonymns:
      Hedyotis boscii DC.
  34. Oldenlandia uniflora L.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland -
     Common Name: clustered mille graines
     Synonymns:
      Hedyotis uniflora (L.) Lam.
 
Richardia -  Maps/Photos
  35. Richardia brasiliensis (Moq.) Gomez*   
     Common Name: tropical Mexican clover
  36. Richardia scabra L.*   
     Common Name: rough Mexican clover
 
Sherardia -  Maps/Photos
  37. Sherardia arvensis L.*   
     Common Name: blue field madder
 
Spermacoce -  Maps/Photos
  38. Spermacoce glabra Michx.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
     Common Name: smooth false buttonweed

 

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