Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Houstonia longifolia, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced3 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded9 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Gaertn.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 226 (1788)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1788	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Longleaf summer bluet	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Canada to C. & E. U.S.A.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	12 cm	11.8 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 66, 335, 925	Differs from sources
Biological type	hemicryptophyte	hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 84 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 925	Sourced
Growth habit	Forb/herb	Forb/herb · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 85 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 460, 925	Sourced

Houstonia longifolia Gaertn., 1788 16% complete

Longleaf summer bluet

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