Intro: Tufted, erect perennial of forests, woodlands, openings, lawns and a wide variety of disturbed sites.

Stems: Stems thin, sparingly branched, smooth.

Leaves: Leaves mostly basal in rosettes, petioled, spoon- to oblong-lance-shaped, less than 1/2 in. long, smooth to slightly hairy; stem leaves narrower and mostly sessile.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers solitary at stem tips or in upper axils, 1/4-3/4 in. wide, pale blue to violet with yellow center, consisting of a short corolla tube and 4 spreading, slightly pointed lobes.

Fruits: Fruit a 2-celled, green, slightly compressed and round capsule.

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Height: 2-6 in.

plant sale text: Bluets are a diminutive and well loved wildflower, found from the edges of high mountain paths all the way to the lawns and meadows of the piedmont and coast. The tiny blue flowers are a sure sign that summer is on its way. Clump several plants together in a well protected spot such as the edge of a woodland path or a niche in some small rocky spot of your garden. Bluets dislike competition, but they are tough and will reward you with clumps of rosettes covered in a blue haze if given the proper space.

bloom table text:

description: Tufted, erect perennial of forests, woodlands, openings, lawns and a wide variety of disturbed sites.

stems: Stems thin, sparingly branched, smooth.

leaves: Leaves mostly basal in rosettes, petioled, spoon- to oblong-lance-shaped, less than 1/2 in. long, smooth to slightly hairy; stem leaves narrower and mostly sessile.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers solitary at stem tips or in upper axils, 1/4-3/4 in. wide, pale blue to violet with yellow center, consisting of a short corolla tube and 4 spreading, slightly pointed lobes.

fruits: Fruit a 2-celled, green, slightly compressed and round capsule.

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native range: eastern North America