Tubular Bluestar (Ansonia longiflora)

   
 

Tubular Bluestar (Amsonia longiflora), Brewster Co., TX. Fig. 1. Overview. Fig. 2. Flowers. Photographs by Wynn Anderson.

• Common English Names: Tubular Bluestar, Tubular Slimpod
• Common Spanish Names:
• Scientific Name: Amsonia longiflora (am-SOWN-ee-uh lon-gih-FLOOR-uh)
• Family: Apocynaceae (Dogbane Family)
• Geographic Range: Southern New Mexico into Texas, possibly Arizona; south into Mexico
• Plant Form: Perennial forb
• Remarks: White flowers, usually with a bluish tinge.

Last Update: 14 Apr 2006