Longleaf Bluet
Houstonia longifolia
Longleaf bluet is a slender native perennial of dry, rocky openings with airy clusters of small white-to-lilac flowers in early summer, a tough, drought-tolerant wildflower for sunny to part-shaded lean soils.
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.3–0.8 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- June
- Bloom colors
- white, pink, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- container
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV