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Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Rubiaceae

SPECIES

Cephalanthus - [maps | photos]

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 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 obtusum Bigelow
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland -
    Common Name: bluntleaf bedstraw
  • Galium palustre L. (TN Special Concern)
    Common Name: common marsh bedstraw
             • Cruciata pedemontana (Bellardi) All.
  • 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

Hedyotis - [maps | photos]

             • Houstonia nigricans (Lam.) Fern.

Houstonia - [maps | photos]

             • 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 tenuifolia Nutt.
             • Hedyotis nuttalliana Fosberg
             • Hedyotis longifolia (Gaertn.) Hook.
             • Hedyotis australis W.H. Lewis & D.M. Moore
             • Hedyotis purpurea (L.) Torr. & Gray var. calycosa (Gray) Fosberg
             • Hedyotis purpurea (L.) Torr. & Gray var. montana (Small) Fosberg
             • Houstonia montana Small
             • Hedyotis purpurea (L.) Torr. & Gray
  • Houstonia pusilla Schoepf
    NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
    Common Name: tiny bluet
    Synonyms:
             • Houstonia minima Beck
             • Hedyotis crassifolia Raf.
             • 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]

Richardia - [maps | photos]

Sherardia - [maps | photos]

Spermacoce - [maps | photos]

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

*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.

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