Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Rubiaceae

Cephalanthus - [maps | photos]

• Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: common buttonbush

Diodia - [maps | photos]

• Diodia teres Walt.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
  Common Name: poorjoe

• Diodia virginiana L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: Virginia buttonweed

Galium - [maps | photos]

• Galium anglicum * Huds.
  Common Name: Lamarck's bedstraw

• Galium aparine L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: stickywilly

• Galium asprellum Michx. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland +
  Common Name: rough bedstraw

• Galium circaezans Michx.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
  Common Name: licorice bedstraw

• Galium concinnum Torr. & A. Gray
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Upland
  Common Name: shining bedstraw

• Galium divaricatum * Pourr. ex Lam.
  Common Name: Lamarck's bedstraw

• Galium lanceolatum Torr.
  Common Name: lanceleaf wild licorice

• Galium latifolium Michx.
  Common Name: purple bedstraw

• Galium mollugo * L.
  Common Name: false baby's breath

• Galium obtusum Bigelow
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland -
  Common Name: bluntleaf bedstraw

• Galium palustre L. (TN Special Concern)
  Common Name: common marsh bedstraw

• Galium parisiense * L.
  Common Name: wall bedstraw

• Galium pedemontanum * (Bellardi) Ehrend.
  Common Name: piedmont bedstraw
  Synonyms:
  

         • Cruciata pedemontana (Bellardi) All.

• Galium pilosum Aiton
  Common Name: hairy bedstraw

• Galium tinctorium L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: stiff marsh bedstraw

• Galium triflorum Michx.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: fragrant bedstraw

• Galium uniflorum Michx. (TN Special Concern)
  Common Name: oneflower bedstraw

• Galium virgatum Nutt.
  Common Name: southwestern bedstraw

Hedyotis - [maps | photos]

• Hedyotis nigricans (Lam.) Fosberg
  Common Name: diamond flowers
  Synonyms:
  

         • Houstonia nigricans (Lam.) Fern.

Houstonia - [maps | photos]

• Houstonia caerulea L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: azure bluet
  Synonyms:
  

         • Hedyotis caerulea (L.) Hook.

• Houstonia canadensis Willd. ex Roemer & J.A. Schultes
  Common Name: Canadian summer bluet
  Synonyms:
  

         • Hedyotis canadensis (Willd. ex Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Fosberg

• Houstonia longifolia Gaertn.
  Common Name: longleaf summer bluet
  Synonyms:
  

         • Houstonia tenuifolia Nutt.

         • Hedyotis nuttalliana Fosberg

         • Hedyotis longifolia (Gaertn.) Hook.

• Houstonia micrantha (Shinners) Terrell
  Common Name: southern bluet
  Synonyms:
  

         • Hedyotis australis W.H. Lewis & D.M. Moore

• Houstonia purpurea L. var. calycosa A. Gray
  Common Name: Venus' pride
  Synonyms:
  

         • Hedyotis purpurea (L.) Torr. & Gray var. calycosa (Gray) Fosberg

• Houstonia purpurea L. var. montana (Small) Terrell (TN Endangered)  (Fed Listed Endangered)
  Common Name: Roan Mountain bluet
  Synonyms:
  

         • Houstonia montana Small

         • Hedyotis purpurea (L.) Torr. & Gray var. montana (Small) Fosberg

• Houstonia purpurea L. var. purpurea
  Common Name: Venus' pride
  Synonyms:
  

         • Hedyotis purpurea (L.) Torr. & Gray

• Houstonia pusilla Schoepf
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
  Common Name: tiny bluet
  Synonyms:
  

         • Hedyotis crassifolia Raf.

         • Houstonia minima Beck

• Houstonia serpyllifolia Michx.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: thymeleaf bluet
  Synonyms:
  

         • Hedyotis michauxii Fosberg

Mitchella - [maps | photos]

• Mitchella repens L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland +
  Common Name: partridge berry

Oldenlandia - [maps | photos]

• Oldenlandia boscii (DC.) Chapman
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland -
  Common Name: Bosc's mille graines
  Synonyms:
  

         • Hedyotis boscii DC.

• Oldenlandia uniflora L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland -
  Common Name: clustered mille graines
  Synonyms:
  

         • Hedyotis uniflora (L.) Lam.

Paederia - [maps | photos]

• Paederia foetida * L.
  Common Name: stinkvine

Richardia - [maps | photos]

• Richardia brasiliensis * Gomez
  Common Name: tropical Mexican clover

• Richardia scabra * L.
  Common Name: rough Mexican clover

Sherardia - [maps | photos]

• Sherardia arvensis * L.
  Common Name: blue field madder

Spermacoce - [maps | photos]

• Spermacoce glabra Michx.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: smooth false buttonweed

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke or Margaret Oliver.