Houstonia canadensis, common name Canadian summer bluet, is a plant species native to the United States and Canada. It has been reported from Ontario, Saskatchewan, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee, West Virginia, western Virginia, and mountainous regions of western North Carolina, western South Carolina, and northern Georgia.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Canadian Summer Bluet being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Gentianales
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Houstonia
- Species
- Houstonia canadensis
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