Index / Search / Houstonia purpurea var. purpurea
§1 Plant
Houstonia purpurea L. var. purpurea
vernacular Venus' pride — variety · Rubiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Rubiaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Houstonia
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 330 counties across 23 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 330 counties across 23 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Bibb 01007
- Blount 01009
- Calhoun 01015
- Cleburne 01029
- Dallas 01047
- DeKalb 01049
- Franklin 01059
- Hale 01065
- Jackson 01071
- Jefferson 01073
- Lawrence 01079
- Lee 01081
- Lowndes 01085
- Madison 01089
- Marengo 01091
- Marshall 01095
- Shelby 01117
- St. Clair 01115
- Sumter 01119
- Tallapoosa 01123
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Walker 01127
- Wilcox 01131
Arkansas view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Bradley 05011
- Carroll 05015
- Clark 05019
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Conway 05029
- Dallas 05039
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lincoln 05079
- Logan 05083
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Montgomery 05097
- Newton 05101
- Perry 05105
- Pike 05109
- Poinsett 05111
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Searcy 05129
- Sevier 05133
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Allen 21003
- Barren 21009
- Bell 21013
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Christian 21047
- Clay 21051
- Crittenden 21055
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Fleming 21069
- Garrard 21079
- Greenup 21089
- Hardin 21093
- Hopkins 21107
- Jefferson 21111
- Kenton 21117
- Laurel 21125
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Madison 21151
- Magoffin 21153
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Menifee 21165
- Metcalfe 21169
- Montgomery 21173
- Morgan 21175
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Owen 21187
- Pendleton 21191
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Spencer 21215
- Todd 21219
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Wolfe 21237
Louisiana view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Amite 28005
- Carroll 28015
- Clarke 28023
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- Grenada 28043
- Harrison 28047
- Itawamba 28057
- Jasper 28061
- Lafayette 28071
- Lauderdale 28075
- Lowndes 28087
- Monroe 28095
- Newton 28101
- Noxubee 28103
- Oktibbeha 28105
- Pike 28113
- Scott 28123
- Simpson 28127
- Tippah 28139
- Tishomingo 28141
- Wayne 28153
- Webster 28155
- Winston 28159
Missouri view state ↗ 21 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 4 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Barnwell 45011
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Cherokee 45021
- Darlington 45031
- Edgefield 45037
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- McCormick 45065
- Oconee 45073
- Pickens 45077
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Spartanburg 45083
- Union 45087
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 67 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bedford 47003
- Benton 47005
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Bradley 47011
- Campbell 47013
- Cannon 47015
- Carter 47019
- Cheatham 47021
- Claiborne 47025
- Clay 47027
- Cocke 47029
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- DeKalb 47041
- Dickson 47043
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grainger 47057
- Greene 47059
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Hawkins 47073
- Hickman 47081
- Houston 47083
- Humphreys 47085
- Jackson 47087
- Jefferson 47089
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Lewis 47101
- Loudon 47105
- Macon 47111
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- McMinn 47107
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Moore 47127
- Morgan 47129
- Overton 47133
- Perry 47135
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Robertson 47147
- Rutherford 47149
- Scott 47151
- Sevier 47155
- Smith 47159
- Stewart 47161
- Sullivan 47163
- Sumner 47165
- Unicoi 47171
- Union 47173
- Van Buren 47175
- Wayne 47181
- White 47185
- Williamson 47187
Texas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Berkeley 54003
- Boone 54005
- Braxton 54007
- Cabell 54011
- Calhoun 54013
- Fayette 54019
- Gilmer 54021
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hancock 54029
- Hardy 54031
- Harrison 54033
- Jackson 54035
- Kanawha 54039
- Lincoln 54043
- Marion 54049
- McDowell 54047
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Morgan 54065
- Nicholas 54067
- Pendleton 54071
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Ritchie 54085
- Summers 54089
- Taylor 54091
- Tucker 54093
- Tyler 54095
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Webster 54101
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wyoming 54109
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/HOPUP3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7221705 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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