{"id":1058,"date":"2010-02-12T16:08:25","date_gmt":"2010-02-12T21:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/?page_id=1058"},"modified":"2019-01-30T18:53:21","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T18:53:21","slug":"bluets-or-quaker-ladies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/grower-services\/weeds\/bluets-or-quaker-ladies\/","title":{"rendered":"Bluets \/ Quaker Ladies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/bluets1999.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1611\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/bluets1999-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"A clump of dainty wildflowers called bluets\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/bluets1999-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/bluets1999-105x79.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/bluets1999-317x238.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/bluets1999-423x318.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/bluets1999-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/bluets1999.jpg 506w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/><\/a><\/span>Family:<\/strong> Rubiaceae (Madder Family)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Genus:<\/strong> <em>Houstonia<\/em> | <strong>Species:<\/strong> <em>caerulea<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description: <\/strong>Called bluets, quaker ladies or innocence, this plant has white or pale-blue flowers, with a white or yellow center, roughly 1\/2&#8243; wide; leaves only about 1\/2&#8243; long, mostly at the base of the plant, but with several pairs of smaller stems with leaves. <strong>[perennial]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Habitat:<\/strong> Open woods, fields, lawns, and meadows;<\/p>\n<p><strong>In Bloom:<\/strong> Late May &#8211; July<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 16%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1058 gallery-columns-6 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"175\" height=\"166\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/2bluets.gif\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Magnified view of a single &#039;bluets&#039; flower\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"186\" height=\"272\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/bluets.gif\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A clump of bluets as viewed from the side\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Family: Rubiaceae (Madder Family) Genus: Houstonia | Species: caerulea Description: Called bluets, quaker ladies or innocence, this plant has white or pale-blue flowers, with a white or yellow center, roughly 1\/2&#8243; wide; leaves only about 1\/2&#8243; long, mostly at the base of the plant, but with several pairs of smaller stems with leaves. 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