Index / Search / Houstonia acerosa
§1 Plant
Houstonia acerosa (A. Gray) A. Gray ex Benth. & Hook. f.
vernacular needleleaf bluet — species · Rubiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Rubiaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Houstonia
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 38 counties across 2 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 38 counties across 2 states/territories.
New Mexico view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Andrews 48003
- Brewster 48043
- Crane 48103
- Crockett 48105
- Crosby 48107
- Culberson 48109
- Dickens 48125
- Ector 48135
- Edwards 48137
- Ellis 48139
- Garza 48169
- Howard 48227
- Hudspeth 48229
- Irion 48235
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Kinney 48271
- Midland 48329
- Nolan 48353
- Pecos 48371
- Presidio 48377
- Schleicher 48413
- Sterling 48431
- Sutton 48435
- Terrell 48443
- Tom Green 48451
- Val Verde 48465
- Winkler 48495
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/HOAC ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5338881 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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