Index / Search / Houstonia longifolia
§1 Plant
Houstonia longifolia Gaertn.
vernacular longleaf summer bluet — species · Rubiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Rubiaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Houstonia
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 339 counties across 19 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 339 counties across 19 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Carroll 05015
- Clark 05019
- Cleburne 05023
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Cross 05037
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Greene 05055
- Hot Spring 05059
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Logan 05083
- Lonoke 05085
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Montgomery 05097
- Newton 05101
- Ouachita 05103
- Poinsett 05111
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Searcy 05129
- Sharp 05135
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
- Yell 05149
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Baldwin 13009
- Carroll 13045
- Catoosa 13047
- Clarke 13059
- Cobb 13067
- Columbia 13073
- Dade 13083
- Dawson 13085
- DeKalb 13089
- Elbert 13105
- Floyd 13115
- Forsyth 13117
- Franklin 13119
- Greene 13133
- Hall 13139
- Heard 13149
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jones 13169
- Lee 13177
- Madison 13195
- Meriwether 13199
- Morgan 13211
- Oconee 13219
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Pickens 13227
- Rabun 13241
- Spalding 13255
- Stephens 13257
- Terrell 13273
- Turner 13287
- Union 13291
- Upson 13293
- Walker 13295
- Walton 13297
Kentucky view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Bell 21013
- Boyd 21019
- Breathitt 21025
- Bullitt 21029
- Caldwell 21033
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Crittenden 21055
- Elliott 21063
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Greenup 21089
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Hopkins 21107
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Johnson 21115
- Knott 21119
- Lawrence 21127
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Livingston 21139
- Madison 21151
- Nelson 21179
- Oldham 21185
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rowan 21205
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Maine view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 19 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Alexander 37003
- Cabarrus 37025
- Cherokee 37039
- Clay 37043
- Cumberland 37051
- Davie 37059
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Granville 37077
- Haywood 37087
- Hoke 37093
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Lee 37105
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- Moore 37125
- Person 37145
- Richmond 37153
- Rowan 37159
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Wilkes 37193
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Chester 42029
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Luzerne 42079
- Mifflin 42087
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Washington 42125
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 65 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Halifax 51083
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Warren 51187
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
West Virginia view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Berkeley 54003
- Boone 54005
- Braxton 54007
- Cabell 54011
- Calhoun 54013
- Fayette 54019
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hardy 54031
- Jackson 54035
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Logan 54045
- Mason 54053
- McDowell 54047
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Mingo 54059
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Morgan 54065
- Pendleton 54071
- Pocahontas 54075
- Putnam 54079
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Ritchie 54085
- Summers 54089
- Tyler 54095
- Wayne 54099
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wood 54107
- Wyoming 54109
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/HOLO ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5338830 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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