Houstonia rubra

Red bluet
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Houstonia
Species:	H. rubra
Binomial name
	Houstonia rubra; Cav.
Synonyms[1]
	Hedyotis rubra (Cav.) A.Gray; Houstonia saxicola Eastw.; Oldenlandia rubra (Cav.) A.Gray;

Houstonia rubra, the red bluet, is a plant species in the Rubiaceae.[2] It is a small herb with red to reddish-purple flowers, native to the southwestern United States and northern and central Mexico: Coahuila, Nuevo León, Hidalgo, Zacatecas, Guanajuato, Puebla, Sonora, Durango, Chihuahua, Arizona, New Mexico, southeastern Utah and western Texas.[1][3][4][5]

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