Index / Search / Houstonia purpurea var. calycosa
§1 Plant
Houstonia purpurea L. var. calycosa A. Gray
vernacular Venus' pride — variety · Rubiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Rubiaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Houstonia
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 204 counties across 16 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 204 counties across 16 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 53 N ▾
- Bond 17005
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- Douglas 17041
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Hamilton 17065
- Hardin 17069
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Lawrence 17101
- Livingston 17105
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Massac 17127
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Moultrie 17139
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Anderson 21005
- Barren 21009
- Bullitt 21029
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Clay 21051
- Crittenden 21055
- Cumberland 21057
- Edmonson 21061
- Fayette 21067
- Franklin 21073
- Garrard 21079
- Grant 21081
- Graves 21083
- Grayson 21085
- Hancock 21091
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Hart 21099
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Livingston 21139
- Logan 21141
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Mercer 21167
- Montgomery 21173
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Owen 21187
- Pendleton 21191
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Russell 21207
- Trigg 21221
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
- Webster 21233
- Whitley 21235
Louisiana view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bedford 47003
- Benton 47005
- Bradley 47011
- Carroll 47017
- Cheatham 47021
- Chester 47023
- Clay 47027
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- Fayette 47047
- Franklin 47051
- Grundy 47061
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Henderson 47077
- Henry 47079
- Knox 47093
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- McNairy 47109
- Meigs 47121
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Perry 47135
- Pickett 47137
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Robertson 47147
- Rutherford 47149
- Sequatchie 47153
- Sevier 47155
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Van Buren 47175
- White 47185
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
Vermont view state ↗ 3 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/HOPUC ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5338844 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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