{"id":507,"date":"2014-09-11T14:13:55","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T14:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/?page_id=507"},"modified":"2014-11-14T18:01:54","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T18:01:54","slug":"bluets","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/bluets\/","title":{"rendered":"Bluets"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Bluets <em>(Houstonia caerulea)<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/houstonia_caerulea.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-239\" style=\"display:block; float:left; padding-right:2%; overflow:hidden; min-width:40%; max-width:100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/houstonia_caerulea.jpg\" alt=\"Bluets (Houstonia caerulea)\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><strong>Also known as: <\/strong>clintonia<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/flower.gif\" alt=\"flower\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/meadow.gif\" alt=\"meadow\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bloom time: <\/strong> May &#8211; June<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional photos:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left:5%; overflow:hidden;\">\n<li> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/houstonia_caerulea_1238616997.jpg\">Houstonia caerulea flowers<\/a><br \/>credit: Elaine Haug, Smithsonian Institution <\/li>\n<li> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/houstonia_caerulea_1238617226.jpg\">Houstonia caerulea L. &#8211; azure bluet<\/a><br \/>credit: USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database \/ Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States &#8230; <\/li>\n<li> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/houstonia_caerulea_1238617107.jpg\">Houstonia caerula<\/a><br \/>credit: Melanie Priesnitz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>General<\/strong>: Bluets are tiny herbs (10 cm high) that grow in dense patches, covering an open meadow in what looks like a pale blue blanket.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leaves &amp; Twigs: <\/strong>Plants arise from thread-like, creeping roots from which unbranched stems sprout. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Flowers &amp; Fruits: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Each stem produces a single, pale lavender flower.<\/li>\n<li>The flowers have a bright yellow centre to guide bees to the pollen, found in the tubular flower neck.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Habitat: <\/strong>Bluets prefer moist grassy fields.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>PlantWatch Pointers: <\/strong>Select a typical patch of plants, if the plants are very abundant, mark off a l-metre-square section to observe.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>To Observe:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First bloom: when the first flowers are open in the observed plants. <\/li>\n<li>Mid bloom: when 50% of the flowers are open in the observed plants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Distribution Map:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/houstonia_caerulea_map.jpg\" alt=\"Distribution Map\" width=\"auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p> <strong>This species is monitored in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nova Scotia<\/li>\n<li>Quebec<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 2% 5%; padding: 1%; border-left: 5px solid #fdb714; background-color: #ff8200; float: left; width: 90%; color: #fff; font-style:italic;\"><p>These flowers are a favourite of the beefly, a small fly that looks like a bumblebee and hovers like a hummingbird to feed from the flowers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bluets (Houstonia caerulea) Also known as: clintonia Bloom time: May &#8211; June Additional photos: Houstonia caerulea flowerscredit: Elaine Haug, Smithsonian Institution Houstonia caerulea L. &#8211; azure bluetcredit: USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database \/ Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. 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