Definition of Houstonia. Meaning of Houstonia. Synonyms of Houstonia

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Definition of Houstonia

Houstonia
Houstonia Hous*to"ni*a, n. [NL. So named after Dr. William Houston, an English surgeon and botanist.] (Bot.) A genus of small rubiaceous herbs, having tetramerous salveform blue or white flower. There are about twenty species, natives of North America. Also, a plant of this genus.

Meaning of Houstonia from wikipedia

- Look up houstonia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Houstonia may refer to: Houstonia, Missouri, a city in Missouri Houstonia (plant), a genus of flowering...
- Houstonia caerulea, commonly known as azure bluet, Quaker ladies, or bluets, is a perennial species in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to eastern Canada...
- Houstonia pusilla (tiny bluet) is a plant in the family Rubiaceae native to the United States and common in the southeastern and central parts of the...
- Houstonia (bluet) is a genus of plants in the family Rubiaceae. Many species were formerly classified, along with other genera since segregated elsewhere...
- Houstonia acerosa, the New Mexico bluet or needleleaf bluet, is a plant species native to Chihuahua, Coa****la, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí...
- Houstonia is a city in northwest Pettis County, Missouri, United States. The po****tion was 220 at the 2010 census. Houstonia was platted in 1871. The...
- Houstonia micrantha, the southern bluet, is a plant species in the coffee family. It is native to the south-central United States where it has been found...
- Houstonia rubra, the red bluet, is a plant species in the Rubiaceae. It is a small herb with red to reddish-purple flowers, native to the southwestern...
- Houstonia serpyllifolia, commonly called thymeleaf bluet, creeping bluet, mountain bluet, Appalachian bluet or Michaux's bluets is a species of plant...
- Houstonia purpurea (formerly Hedyotis purpurea) is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the common names Venus's pride, woodland...