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Bluets
(Houstonia caerulea)

These delicate but small perennials grow in clumps and spread by slender rhizomes. The thin flower stalks may be from 1-3 inches or more tall.

Bluets are common in lawns, clearings and forest margins throughout the state. April-May.

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