Question: Help with ID please. Found April 28 Kennebunk Maine. Along the side of a trail, mixed pine/hardwood. Small plant 10-12 …
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Help with ID please. Found April 28 Kennebunk Maine. Along the side of a trail, mixed pine/hardwood. Small plant 10-12 cm tall. Flowers about 1 cm. Thanks
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Dear docj77, good morning. The plants in your picture belong to the species Houstonia caerulea (little bluet), a native member of the madder family (the same family that coffee belongs to). This is a spring flowering plant of open areas, sometimes ascending high into the mountains.
