Houstonia lanceolata

ClassificationDicots
FamilyRubiaceae
Family (Traditional)Rubiaceae
GenusHoustonia
Species:Houstonia lanceolata (Poir.) Britton
Common NameVirginia or West Virginia spiraea
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Dorsifixed; Base Flower Color: White; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Ovary Position: Inferior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Placentation Type: Axillary; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value 4
StatusNative
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Anderson (KY), Barren (KY), Calloway (KY), Clark (KY), Clinton (KY), Crittenden (KY), Edmonson (KY), Franklin (KY), Grayson (KY), Hardin (KY), Hopkins (KY), Jessamine (KY), Livingston (KY), Logan (KY), McCreary (KY), Madison (KY), Marion (KY), Meade (KY), Mercer (KY), Pulaski (KY), Simpson (KY), Todd (KY), Trigg (KY), Warren (KY), Bledsoe (TN), Clay (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), Decatur (TN), Grundy (TN), Hardeman (TN), Henry (TN), Humphreys (TN), Marion (TN), Maury (TN), Montgomery (TN), Perry (TN), Rutherford (TN), Stewart (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, EKY, HTTU, MTSU

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1935 - 2016

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100659364 Madison Kentucky 02 Jun 1993 Gary W. Libby
OB-352B
EKY
Houstonia lanceolata
31234100659315 Livingston Kentucky 10 Jul 1962 Elizabeth M. Browne
5797
EKY
Houstonia lanceolata
31234100659372 Marion Kentucky 06 Jun 2003 Timothy J. Weckman
8129
EKY
Houstonia lanceolata
31234100659257 Franklin Kentucky 10 Jun 1986 Hal Bryan
FR-798
EKY
Houstonia lanceolata
31234100659398 Todd Kentucky 30 May 1979 Jeffery Sole
EKY
Houstonia lanceolata
31234100659281 Grayson Kentucky 17 Jun 1980 Richard H. Hannan
4171
EKY
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0089066 Pulaski Kentucky 23 Jun 1987 Max Medley
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0068768 Decatur Tennessee
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0053991 Logan Kentucky 16 Apr 2016 Mason Brock
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0003980 Stewart Tennessee 14 Jun 1966 William H. Ellis
1468
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0044247 Cumberland Tennessee
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0103266 Barren Kentucky 30 Jun 1978 G.P. Johnson
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0044243 Decatur Tennessee
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0102889 Clark Kentucky
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
31234100659224 Calloway Kentucky 23 May 1982 Michael Woods
604
EKY
Houstonia lanceolata
31234100659208 Anderson Kentucky 22 Jun 1978 William S. Bryant
390
EKY
Houstonia lanceolata
31234100659323 Livingston Kentucky 29 May 1995 Timothy J. Weckman
1534
EKY
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0070125 Wilson Tennessee
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0044209 Rutherford Tennessee
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0103293 Simpson Kentucky 30 May 1990 Kenneth Nicely
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0044207 Perry Tennessee
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
31234100659216 Barren Kentucky 25 May 1979 George P. Johnson
728
EKY
Houstonia lanceolata
31234100659232 Clinton Kentucky 13 May 2000 Mark A. Gorton
00-153
EKY
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0103268 Hopkins Kentucky
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0103323 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0103264 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0035522 Rutherford Tennessee
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0103269 Barren Kentucky 01 Jun 1978 G.P. Johnson
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0048991 Grayson Kentucky 15 May 1977 Jerry and Carol Baskin
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0103261 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0003984 Henry Tennessee 29 Jul 1991 Edward W. Chester
91-82
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0103262 Livingston Kentucky 28 May 1971 Raymond Athey
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
MTSU017987 Rutherford Tennessee 26 May 1935 Joe B. Peyton
MTSU
Houstonia lanceolata
31234100659273 Grayson Kentucky 08 Jul 1963 Edward T. Browne Jr.
7514
EKY
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0102883 Logan Kentucky 01 May 1985
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0085433 Hardeman Tennessee
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0103263 Barren Kentucky 30 Jun 1978 G.P. Johnson
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0103324 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0035556 Mercer Kentucky 12 Jun 1971 Jerry and Carol Baskin
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0044211 Maury Tennessee
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0044212 Wilson Tennessee
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
HTTU015661 Bledsoe Tennessee
HTTU
Houstonia lanceolata
31234100659307 Jessamine Kentucky 22 May 1978 Johnnie B. Varner
11051
EKY
Houstonia lanceolata
31234100659422 Wilson Tennessee 20 Aug 1980 Richard H. Hannan
5131
EKY
Houstonia lanceolata
31234100659299 Hardin Kentucky 01 Jun 2006 D. Estes
09004
EKY
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0102885 Simpson Kentucky 23 May 1984
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0003986 Montgomery Tennessee 10 Sep 1947 Alfred Clebsch
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0041786 Marion Tennessee
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0041770 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0102877 Meade Kentucky
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0073014 Rutherford Tennessee
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0048997 Grayson Kentucky 12 Aug 1976 Jerry and Carol Baskin
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
31234100659331 Logan Kentucky 27 May 1978 William H. Martin
EKY
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0093921 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0119187 Pulaski Kentucky
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0056807 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0102737 Grundy Tennessee
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0044210 Coffee Tennessee
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0068274 Simpson Kentucky 09 May 1978 Max Medley
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0058821 Clay Tennessee
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0102888 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0065259 Rutherford Tennessee
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
31234100659240 Crittenden Kentucky 30 Sep 1980 Richard H. Hannan
5732
EKY
Houstonia lanceolata
31234100659414 Wilson Tennessee 27 May 1990 V. E. McNeilus
90-230
EKY
Houstonia lanceolata
31234100659349 Logan Kentucky 13 May 1976 Raymond Athey
3356
EKY
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0070331 Warren Kentucky 22 May 1988 Max Medley
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0103411 Barren Kentucky
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0004096 Trigg Kentucky 30 May 2003 Ralph L. Thompson, Derick B. Poindexter
3-114
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0035525 Warren Kentucky 04 Jun 1971 Jerry and Carol Baskin
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
31234100659356 Logan Kentucky 27 May 1976 Elizabeth M. Browne
76b5.3
EKY
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0107044 Wilson Tennessee
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
APSC0103265 Simpson Kentucky 30 May 1990 Kenneth Nicely
APSC
Houstonia lanceolata
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Houstonia lanceolata - Margie Hunter
Houstonia lanceolata - Margie Hunter