{"assessment":{"band":"Good","factor_identity":{"basis":"approved shared identity","growth_habit_source":"USDA PLANTS","name_used":"Houstonia purpurea"},"factor_scopes":{"bees":"Southeastern North America","birds":"North America","caterpillars":"Host genera of native Lepidoptera with established Alabama range; association and range overlap, not confirmed local feeding.","specialists":"Eastern North America","structure":"USDA species growth habit where matched; otherwise sourced atlas growth habit"},"factors":{"applied_insect_credit":0,"baseline_score":35,"composite":0.565,"insect_support":{"credit":0,"groups":{"ants":{"credit":0,"flower_visits":[],"label":"Ants","recorded_name_count":null,"recorded_names":[],"seed_interactions":[],"status":"unknown"},"beetles":{"credit":0,"flower_visits":[],"label":"Beetles","recorded_name_count":null,"recorded_names":[],"seed_interactions":[],"status":"unknown"},"flies":{"credit":0,"flower_visits":[],"label":"Flies","recorded_name_count":null,"recorded_names":[],"seed_interactions":[],"status":"unknown"},"moths_butterflies":{"credit":0,"flower_visits":[],"label":"Adult butterflies / moths","recorded_name_count":null,"recorded_names":[],"seed_interactions":[],"status":"unknown"},"other_hymenoptera":{"credit":0,"flower_visits":[],"label":"Other wasps","recorded_name_count":null,"recorded_names":[],"seed_interactions":[],"status":"unknown"},"other_insects":{"credit":0,"flower_visits":[],"label":"Other insects","recorded_name_count":null,"recorded_names":[],"seed_interactions":[],"status":"unknown"}},"interpretation":"One provisional point per additional documented insect group, capped at five. Flower visits are a resource-use proxy, not confirmed feeding or pollination. Missing evidence is unknown. Study volume and repeated records earn no extra credit.","maximum_credit":5,"version":"insect-support-1"},"pct":{"bees":0.847394540942928,"birds":0.303970223325062,"caterpillars":0.40260545905707196,"specialists":0.890818858560794,"structure":0.5},"rank_pct":0.354,"raw":{"bees":13,"birds":0,"caterpillars":1,"genus_used":null,"specialists":1,"structure":["Forb/herb"]}},"fit_score":null,"native_basis":"native_supported","rarity_adjustment":0,"rarity_policy":"Conservation status is displayed separately and never changes ecological scores, including when unranked.","reason":"Calculated with the shared rules using Alabama host-range and shared ecological evidence.","reference":"NC native reference cohort, method 0.6.4; not a Alabama percentile","score":35,"scoring_inputs":{"harm_penalty":0,"invasive":false,"invasive_rank":null,"native":true,"state_rank":"SNR"},"source_ids":["lep_al","globi","bigbee","avian","usdahabit","robertson","antseed"],"status":"scored_provisional","version":"shared-0.6.5"},"condition_evidence":{"light":{"evidence_id":"fact:751c1819ffa63c202aac027275b86b607f35e288197faf02086271a405c02b4f","levels":[1,2,3,4],"policy":"selected-condition-categories-2","range":[1,4],"scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"semantics":"source_light_categories_preserved_without_hour_conversion","source_field":"light","source_label":"NC Extension Plant Toolbox","source_url":"https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/houstonia-purpurea/","status":"mapped_selected_fact"},"moisture":{"evidence_id":"fact:022049f446543a6cd63db9e43e0582b402984b8fd28139204816584abca384bc","levels":[1,3],"policy":"selected-condition-categories-2","range":[1,3],"scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"semantics":"source_drainage_or_moisture_categories_preserved","source_field":"moisture_categories","source_label":"NC Extension Plant Toolbox","source_url":"https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/houstonia-purpurea/","status":"mapped_selected_fact"},"ph":{"basis":["Bound printed by the source; open end from USDA NRCS soil reaction classes","Range printed by the source"],"categories":["Acid (<6.0)","Neutral (6.0-8.0)"],"evidence_id":"fact:dc186366acea8d0794a9fd12e212f272e9c6cfacce226deaaf081e50309cac04","policy":"soil-ph-categories-1","range":[4.5,8],"scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"semantics":"source_characteristic","source_field":"soil_ph_categories","source_label":"NC Extension Plant Toolbox","source_url":"https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/houstonia-purpurea/","status":"mapped_selected_fact"}},"evidence":{"fit_score":null,"growth_habit":["Forb/herb"],"invasive_status":{"status":"unresolved"},"native_status":{"status":"native_supported"},"occurrence":{"county_fips":["01001","01005","01007","01009","01011","01013","01015","01017","01019","01021","01023","01025","01027","01029","01031","01033","01035","01037","01041","01043","01045","01047","01049","01051","01053","01055","01057","01059","01061","01065","01071","01073","01075","01077","01079","01081","01083","01085","01087","01089","01093","01095","01099","01101","01103","01105","01109","01111","01113","01115","01117","01119","01121","01123","01125","01127","01131","01133"],"meaning":"Recorded occurrence; not a county native-range assertion"},"quercus_score":null,"regional":{"county_fips":["01001","01005","01007","01009","01011","01013","01015","01017","01019","01021","01023","01025","01027","01029","01031","01033","01035","01037","01041","01043","01045","01047","01049","01051","01053","01055","01057","01059","01061","01065","01071","01073","01075","01077","01079","01081","01083","01085","01087","01089","01093","01095","01099","01101","01103","01105","01109","01111","01113","01115","01117","01119","01121","01123","01125","01127","01131","01133"],"growth_habit":null,"growth_habit_source":null,"invasive":null,"invasive_evidence":[],"invasive_rank":null,"native":true,"native_basis":"state_source","native_decided_by":"al_atlas","native_evidence":[{"claim":"native","flag":"Y","matched_name":"Houstonia purpurea","scope":"AL","source":"al_atlas","url":"https://dev.alabama.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant/species/3280"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Houstonia purpurea","scope":"L48","source":"usda","text":"L48:N","url":"https://plants.usda.gov/"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Houstonia purpurea","scope":"NC","source":"nc_flora","url":"https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/"},{"basis":"native range text in the regional flora","claim":"native","scope":"NC-SC-GA","source":"floraquest_carolinas_georgia","text":"Delaware, Maryland, and s. Pennsylvania west to s. Ohio, s. Illinois, and sw. Missouri south to South Carolina, sw. Georgia, Panhandle Florida, Mississippi, s. Louisiana, e. Texas, and e. Oklahoma.","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"},{"basis":"native range text names Georgia","claim":"native","scope":"GA","source":"floraquest_carolinas_georgia","text":"Delaware, Maryland, and s. Pennsylvania west to s. Ohio, s. Illinois, and sw. Missouri south to South Carolina, sw. Georgia, Panhandle Florida, Mississippi, s. Louisiana, e. Texas, and e. Oklahoma.","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"},{"basis":"native range text names South Carolina","claim":"native","scope":"SC","source":"floraquest_carolinas_georgia","text":"Delaware, Maryland, and s. Pennsylvania west to s. Ohio, s. Illinois, and sw. Missouri south to South Carolina, sw. Georgia, Panhandle Florida, Mississippi, s. Louisiana, e. Texas, and e. Oklahoma.","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"},{"basis":"native range text in the regional flora","claim":"native","scope":"AL-MS-TN","source":"floraquest_south_central","text":"Delaware, Maryland, and s. Pennsylvania west to s. Ohio, s. Illinois, and sw. Missouri south to South Carolina, sw. Georgia, Panhandle Florida, Mississippi, s. Louisiana, e. Texas, and e. Oklahoma.","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"},{"basis":"species account without the alien asterisk","claim":"native_distribution","matched_name":"Houstonia purpurea","scope":"AL-AR-DC-DE-FL-GA-KY-LA-MD-MS-NC-NJ-PA-SC-TN-VA-WV","source":"weakley_fsus","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"},{"basis":"Native field of the South Central edition; the state is in its distribution","claim":"native","record_id":4781,"scope":"AL-MS-TN","source":"floraquest_south_central","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"}],"native_explanation":"Alabama Plant Atlas (published flora, state claim) gives the value, over a broader claim from a higher tier. Speaks for its own area (GA, GA-NC-SC, NC, SC), not this state: Vascular Plants of North Carolina (NC Natural Heritage Program), Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition.","native_provenance":{"flags":["over_higher_tier"],"source":"al_atlas","specificity":"state","tier":"published_flora"},"native_status":"native_supported","package_native_status":"native_supported","source_ids":["al_atlas:AL:3280"],"source_name":"Houstonia purpurea","source_refs":["al_atlas","gbif_specimens","natureserve_explorer"],"source_url":"https://dev.alabama.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant/species/3280","state_rank":"SNR"},"source_refs":["al_atlas","gbif_specimens","natureserve_explorer"],"source_url":"https://dev.alabama.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant/species/3280","state_rank":{"value":"SNR"}},"fit_inputs":{"light":[1,4],"moisture":[1,3],"ph":[4.5,8]},"fit_provenance":{"counties":"USDA PLANTS: recorded in 55 NC counties","light":"NC Extension Plant Toolbox","moisture":"NC Extension Plant Toolbox","ph":"NC Extension Plant Toolbox pH categories (Bound printed by the source; open end from USDA NRCS soil reaction classes; Range printed by the source)"},"fit_record":{"band":"Good","condition_evidence":{"light":{"evidence_id":"fact:751c1819ffa63c202aac027275b86b607f35e288197faf02086271a405c02b4f","levels":[1,2,3,4],"policy":"selected-condition-categories-2","range":[1,4],"scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"semantics":"source_light_categories_preserved_without_hour_conversion","source_field":"light","source_label":"NC Extension Plant Toolbox","source_url":"https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/houstonia-purpurea/","status":"mapped_selected_fact"},"moisture":{"evidence_id":"fact:022049f446543a6cd63db9e43e0582b402984b8fd28139204816584abca384bc","levels":[1,3],"policy":"selected-condition-categories-2","range":[1,3],"scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"semantics":"source_drainage_or_moisture_categories_preserved","source_field":"moisture_categories","source_label":"NC Extension Plant Toolbox","source_url":"https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/houstonia-purpurea/","status":"mapped_selected_fact"},"ph":{"basis":["Bound printed by the source; open end from USDA NRCS soil reaction classes","Range printed by the source"],"categories":["Acid (<6.0)","Neutral (6.0-8.0)"],"evidence_id":"fact:dc186366acea8d0794a9fd12e212f272e9c6cfacce226deaaf081e50309cac04","policy":"soil-ph-categories-1","range":[4.5,8],"scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"semantics":"source_characteristic","source_field":"soil_ph_categories","source_label":"NC Extension Plant Toolbox","source_url":"https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/houstonia-purpurea/","status":"mapped_selected_fact"}},"county_fips":["01001","01005","01007","01009","01011","01013","01015","01017","01019","01021","01023","01025","01027","01029","01031","01033","01035","01037","01041","01043","01045","01047","01049","01051","01053","01055","01057","01059","01061","01065","01071","01073","01075","01077","01079","01081","01083","01085","01087","01089","01093","01095","01099","01101","01103","01105","01109","01111","01113","01115","01117","01119","01121","01123","01125","01127","01131","01133","12063","12073","13035","13057","13083","13091","13115","13145","13169","13213","13233","13241","13257","13281","13291","13295","13311","21001","21005","21009","21011","21013","21025","21029","21037","21039","21043","21045","21047","21051","21053","21057","21059","21061","21063","21065","21067","21073","21079","21081","21085","21087","21089","21093","21095","21099","21103","21107","21111","21117","21121","21123","21125","21133","21135","21137","21139","21141","21143","21147","21149","21151","21157","21163","21165","21169","21171","21173","21175","21181","21183","21187","21191","21193","21197","21199","21201","21203","21205","21219","21221","21227","21237","37001","37003","37005","37007","37009","37011","37021","37023","37027","37033","37037","37039","37043","37051","37057","37063","37067","37071","37075","37077","37079","37081","37085","37087","37089","37099","37101","37105","37111","37113","37115","37121","37123","37125","37127","37131","37135","37145","37149","37151","37153","37157","37159","37167","37169","37171","37173","37175","37179","37181","37183","37185","37189","37193","37199","45003","45011","45015","45017","45021","45031","45039","45045","45057","45059","45065","45073","45077","45079","45083","45091","47001","47003","47005","47007","47009","47011","47013","47017","47019","47021","47023","47025","47027","47029","47031","47035","47037","47039","47041","47043","47047","47049","47051","47055","47057","47059","47061","47065","47069","47073","47077","47079","47081","47083","47087","47089","47091","47093","47099","47101","47105","47107","47109","47111","47115","47117","47119","47123","47125","47129","47133","47137","47139","47141","47143","47145","47149","47151","47153","47155","47157","47159","47161","47163","47165","47171","47173","47175","47177","47181","47185","47187","47189","51001","51003","51007","51009","51011","51013","51017","51019","51021","51025","51029","51031","51033","51035","51036","51037","51041","51047","51049","51051","51053","51057","51059","51061","51063","51065","51067","51069","51073","51075","51077","51079","51083","51085","51087","51089","51093","51095","51097","51099","51101","51103","51105","51107","51109","51111","51113","51117","51119","51121","51125","51127","51131","51133","51135","51137","51141","51143","51145","51147","51149","51153","51159","51161","51163","51167","51169","51173","51177","51179","51181","51183","51185","51191","51193","51195","51197","51199","51680","51700","51800","51830"],"fit_inputs":{"light":[1,4],"moisture":[1,3],"ph":[4.5,8]},"fit_note":"Shared sunlight, moisture and pH calculation; county geography is an additional layer. Missing source traits remain unknown.","fit_provenance":{"counties":"USDA PLANTS: recorded in 55 NC counties","light":"NC Extension Plant Toolbox","moisture":"NC Extension Plant Toolbox","ph":"NC Extension Plant Toolbox pH categories (Bound printed by the source; open end from USDA NRCS soil reaction classes; Range printed by the source)"},"garden_suitability":{"default_excluded":false,"flags":[],"review_status":"not_assessed","suggestions_excluded":false},"invasive_rank":false,"native_eligible":true,"quercus_score":35,"state":"AL"},"garden_suitability":{"default_excluded":false,"flags":[],"review_status":"not_assessed","suggestions_excluded":false},"growing_observations":{"floraquest_carolinas_georgia":{"matched_name":"Houstonia purpurea","retrieved":"2026-10-04T13:31:16.252589+00:00","scope":{"kind":"region","region_id":"floraquest_nc_sc_ga"},"scope_note":"Original regional ecological and identification evidence; no location-specific gardening adjustments.","source_label":"Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition","source_name":"Houstonia purpurea","source_record_id":4781,"source_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/","trait_evidence":[{"field":"habitat_description","source_column":"HabitatText","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":4781,"source_table":"Organism","value":"Moist and dry woodlands and forests, thinner soils around rock outcrops, and in a variety of disturbed sites, such as paths, old roads, and roadbanks."},{"field":"geographic_range_description","source_column":"Description","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":4781,"source_table":"Organism","value":"Delaware, Maryland, and s. Pennsylvania west to s. Ohio, s. Illinois, and sw. Missouri south to South Carolina, sw. Georgia, Panhandle Florida, Mississippi, s. Louisiana, e. Texas, and e. Oklahoma."},{"field":"phenology_source_text","source_column":"Phenology","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":4781,"source_table":"Organism","value":"May-Jul; Jul-Aug."},{"field":"taxonomic_synonymy","source_column":"Synonymy","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":4781,"source_table":"Organism","value":"[= F, Mi, S, Tat; = Hedyotis purpurea (L.) Torr. & A.Gray var. purpurea ; = Houstonia purpurea L. var. purpurea — Ar, G, K1, K4, NY, Pa, Tn, Va, WV, Terrell (1959), Terrell (1991), Terrell (1996); Hedyotis purpurea (L.) Torr. & A.Gray — C, Rogers (1987); Houstonia purpurea L. — Fl5, Il, Mo3, RAB, Tx, W, WH3]"},{"field":"identification_notes","source_column":"IdentificationNotes","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":4781,"source_table":"Organism","value":"Plants growing in high elevation and exposed sites are sometimes somewhat dwarfed, and in that respect only, superficially resemble H. montana ."},{"field":"heliophily_index","source_column":"HIndex","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":4781,"source_table":"Organism","value":5},{"field":"habitat_moisture_categories","source_column":"Attr2","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":4781,"source_table":"GraphicKey","value":["Dry","Moist"]},{"field":"habitat_light_categories","source_column":"Attr3","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":4781,"source_table":"GraphicKey","value":["Partial shade","Full shade","Full sun"]},{"field":"graphic_key_source_attributes","source_column":"Attr0..25","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":4781,"source_table":"GraphicKey","value":{"Attr0":"gr09","Attr1":"nc_cp,nc_mt,nc_pd,sc_cp,sc_mt,sc_pd,ga_cp,ga_mt,ga_pd,","Attr12":"e","Attr13":"rad","Attr14":"4","Attr15":"pur,wh","Attr16":"n","Attr17":"DSS","Attr2":"Dry,Moist","Attr3":"Part,Shade,Sun","Attr3a":"y","Attr3a_subregion":"native_nc_cp:y,native_nc_mt:y,native_nc_pd:y,native_sc_cp:y,native_sc_mt:y,native_sc_pd:y,native_ga_cp:y,native_ga_mt:y,native_ga_pd:y,","Attr4":" 4-8","Attr5":"er","Attr6":"glb,pub","Attr7":"opp","Attr8":"s","Attr9":"in,nr"}},{"field":"fruit_season_begin","source_column":"Phenology","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":4781,"source_table":"Organism","value":"July"},{"field":"fruit_season_end","source_column":"Phenology","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":4781,"source_table":"Organism","value":"August"},{"field":"bloom_season","source_column":"Phenology","source_database_sha256":"684f6b364ff9f3023aa61ed02ae50f6f6d6d4d3bcf76847b78ab769ae0453469","source_record_id":4781,"source_table":"Organism","value":"May to July"}],"values":{"bloom_season":"May to July","fruit_season_begin":"July","fruit_season_end":"August","geographic_range_description":"Delaware, Maryland, and s. Pennsylvania west to s. Ohio, s. Illinois, and sw. Missouri south to South Carolina, sw. Georgia, Panhandle Florida, Mississippi, s. Louisiana, e. Texas, and e. Oklahoma.","graphic_key_source_attributes":{"Attr0":"gr09","Attr1":"nc_cp,nc_mt,nc_pd,sc_cp,sc_mt,sc_pd,ga_cp,ga_mt,ga_pd,","Attr12":"e","Attr13":"rad","Attr14":"4","Attr15":"pur,wh","Attr16":"n","Attr17":"DSS","Attr2":"Dry,Moist","Attr3":"Part,Shade,Sun","Attr3a":"y","Attr3a_subregion":"native_nc_cp:y,native_nc_mt:y,native_nc_pd:y,native_sc_cp:y,native_sc_mt:y,native_sc_pd:y,native_ga_cp:y,native_ga_mt:y,native_ga_pd:y,","Attr4":" 4-8","Attr5":"er","Attr6":"glb,pub","Attr7":"opp","Attr8":"s","Attr9":"in,nr"},"habitat_description":"Moist and dry woodlands and forests, thinner soils around rock outcrops, and in a variety of disturbed sites, such as paths, old roads, and roadbanks.","habitat_light_categories":["Partial shade","Full shade","Full sun"],"habitat_moisture_categories":["Dry","Moist"],"heliophily_index":5,"identification_notes":"Plants growing in high elevation and exposed sites are sometimes somewhat dwarfed, and in that respect only, superficially resemble H. montana .","phenology_source_text":"May-Jul; Jul-Aug.","taxonomic_synonymy":"[= F, Mi, S, Tat; = Hedyotis purpurea (L.) Torr. & A.Gray var. purpurea ; = Houstonia purpurea L. var. purpurea — Ar, G, K1, K4, NY, Pa, Tn, Va, WV, Terrell (1959), Terrell (1991), Terrell (1996); Hedyotis purpurea (L.) Torr. & A.Gray — C, Rogers (1987); Houstonia purpurea L. — Fl5, Il, Mo3, RAB, Tx, W, WH3]"}},"ncsu_sitemap":{"matched_name":"Houstonia purpurea","retrieved":"2026-10-04T02:36:38.485418+00:00","scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"scope_note":"Source-reported species characteristics; not a location-specific estimate.","source_label":"NC Extension Plant Toolbox","source_sha256":"453f97e7d5693ba1d2f96e7f792bba8275a09a569ddd17efdbf7fdb7c2d24dfa","source_url":"https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/houstonia-purpurea/","trait_evidence":[{"expected_source_name":"Houstonia purpurea","field":"spread_description","original_field":"spread","record_id":"trait:0bf16db315370c389f3b62c489ff61e8be0d0ef2badd4ab2935cfabc3f19bc1a","retrieved_at":"2026-10-04T02:36:38.485418+00:00","scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"scope_note":"Species profile; distribution and native-status discovery filters do not establish local growing or bloom timing.","source":"ncsu","source_name":"Houstonia purpurea","source_sha256":"453f97e7d5693ba1d2f96e7f792bba8275a09a569ddd17efdbf7fdb7c2d24dfa","source_url":"https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/houstonia-purpurea/","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:508fe52a-bc9a-5e1e-99c7-76737057a7df","value":{"max":1,"min":0.3333,"unit":"feet"}},{"expected_source_name":"Houstonia purpurea","field":"soil_ph_categories","original_field":"soil_ph","record_id":"trait:322a83f0ede86dcde117ae0d41bce4fa0e7dab93465144bee44f0bfa21a6797a","retrieved_at":"2026-10-04T02:36:38.485418+00:00","scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"scope_note":"Species profile; distribution and native-status discovery filters do not establish local growing or bloom timing.","source":"ncsu","source_name":"Houstonia purpurea","source_sha256":"453f97e7d5693ba1d2f96e7f792bba8275a09a569ddd17efdbf7fdb7c2d24dfa","source_url":"https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/houstonia-purpurea/","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:508fe52a-bc9a-5e1e-99c7-76737057a7df","value":["Acid (<6.0)","Neutral (6.0-8.0)"]},{"expected_source_name":"Houstonia purpurea","field":"life_cycle","original_field":"life_cycle","record_id":"trait:3611f9430dc737ba1cee8019650504fd1cc3501ea5529a0d9797332c9f0cb998","retrieved_at":"2026-10-04T02:36:38.485418+00:00","scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"scope_note":"Species profile; distribution and native-status discovery filters do not establish local growing or bloom timing.","source":"ncsu","source_name":"Houstonia purpurea","source_sha256":"453f97e7d5693ba1d2f96e7f792bba8275a09a569ddd17efdbf7fdb7c2d24dfa","source_url":"https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/houstonia-purpurea/","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:508fe52a-bc9a-5e1e-99c7-76737057a7df","value":["Perennial"]},{"expected_source_name":"Houstonia purpurea","field":"moisture_categories","original_field":"soil_moisture","record_id":"trait:9387ecf39e1196623bb37abce8b066bf43d587aac23becdd801a54cdc411e765","retrieved_at":"2026-10-04T02:36:38.485418+00:00","scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"scope_note":"Species profile; distribution and native-status discovery filters do not establish local growing or bloom timing.","source":"ncsu","source_name":"Houstonia purpurea","source_sha256":"453f97e7d5693ba1d2f96e7f792bba8275a09a569ddd17efdbf7fdb7c2d24dfa","source_url":"https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/houstonia-purpurea/","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:508fe52a-bc9a-5e1e-99c7-76737057a7df","value":["Moist","Occasionally Dry"]},{"expected_source_name":"Houstonia purpurea","field":"light","original_field":"light","record_id":"trait:a481dab11eab9e9a20184f003dd3358176b35879e531d7129113667eadc42aee","retrieved_at":"2026-10-04T02:36:38.485418+00:00","scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"scope_note":"Species profile; distribution and native-status discovery filters do not establish local growing or bloom timing.","source":"ncsu","source_name":"Houstonia purpurea","source_sha256":"453f97e7d5693ba1d2f96e7f792bba8275a09a569ddd17efdbf7fdb7c2d24dfa","source_url":"https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/houstonia-purpurea/","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:508fe52a-bc9a-5e1e-99c7-76737057a7df","value":["Dappled Sunlight (Shade through upper canopy all day)","Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)","Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)"]},{"expected_source_name":"Houstonia purpurea","field":"height_description","original_field":"height","record_id":"trait:aafcae26292430db35c04a6935c5f33f45d521bd208de11d7492e090878da358","retrieved_at":"2026-10-04T02:36:38.485418+00:00","scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"scope_note":"Species profile; distribution and native-status discovery filters do not establish local growing or bloom timing.","source":"ncsu","source_name":"Houstonia purpurea","source_sha256":"453f97e7d5693ba1d2f96e7f792bba8275a09a569ddd17efdbf7fdb7c2d24dfa","source_url":"https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/houstonia-purpurea/","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:508fe52a-bc9a-5e1e-99c7-76737057a7df","value":{"max":0.6667,"min":0.5,"unit":"feet"}},{"expected_source_name":"Houstonia purpurea","field":"flower_color","original_field":"flower_color","record_id":"trait:c9b5e9c2e1ff387234b72fff7c6f3a3a36bcf84135c31c781833bb70827b2b8f","retrieved_at":"2026-10-04T02:36:38.485418+00:00","scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"scope_note":"Species profile; distribution and native-status discovery filters do not establish local growing or bloom timing.","source":"ncsu","source_name":"Houstonia purpurea","source_sha256":"453f97e7d5693ba1d2f96e7f792bba8275a09a569ddd17efdbf7fdb7c2d24dfa","source_url":"https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/houstonia-purpurea/","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:508fe52a-bc9a-5e1e-99c7-76737057a7df","value":["Blue","Pink","Purple/Lavender","White"]},{"expected_source_name":"Houstonia purpurea","field":"hardiness_zones","original_field":"hardiness","record_id":"trait:dbc2495b60846736407f7974f9473afdce8e259fb1220ac8a8945a5f4a7637bf","retrieved_at":"2026-10-04T02:36:38.485418+00:00","scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"scope_note":"Species profile; distribution and native-status discovery filters do not establish local growing or bloom timing.","source":"ncsu","source_name":"Houstonia purpurea","source_sha256":"453f97e7d5693ba1d2f96e7f792bba8275a09a569ddd17efdbf7fdb7c2d24dfa","source_url":"https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/houstonia-purpurea/","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:508fe52a-bc9a-5e1e-99c7-76737057a7df","value":["3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b"]}],"values":{"flower_color":["Blue","Pink","Purple/Lavender","White"],"hardiness_zones":["3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b"],"height_description":"0.5–0.6667 feet","life_cycle":["Perennial"],"light":["Dappled Sunlight (Shade through upper canopy all day)","Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)","Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)"],"moisture_categories":["Moist","Occasionally Dry"],"soil_ph_categories":["Acid (<6.0)","Neutral (6.0-8.0)"],"spread_description":"0.3333–1 feet"}},"wildflower_center":{"matched_name":"Houstonia purpurea","retrieved":"2026-10-05T19:59:44.720210+00:00","scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"scope_note":"Source-reported species characteristics; not a location-specific estimate.","source_label":"Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center","source_sha256":"a4641d53bb597032d32017684e9b2ae2a5db051a6f05219cc8f5f22c9fdac28c","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=HOPU2","trait_evidence":[{"expected_source_name":"Houstonia purpurea","field":"height_description","original_field":"height","record_id":"trait:8215515be4ff66f651dbb2014f18e56140bfbfcb0fc9fa545fa2f5227b816631","retrieved_at":"2026-10-05T19:59:44.720210+00:00","scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"scope_note":"Species profile; distribution and native-status discovery filters do not establish local growing or bloom timing.","source":"wildflower","source_name":"Houstonia purpurea","source_sha256":"a4641d53bb597032d32017684e9b2ae2a5db051a6f05219cc8f5f22c9fdac28c","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=HOPU2","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:508fe52a-bc9a-5e1e-99c7-76737057a7df","value":{"approximate":true,"kind":"upper_bound","max":1.6666666666666667,"unit":"feet"}},{"expected_source_name":"Houstonia purpurea","field":"life_cycle","original_field":"life_cycle","record_id":"trait:b3d470e7a70b4885b2025e96ba060fcc5178cdc05ff7a8e9ade14283826aeeb6","retrieved_at":"2026-10-05T19:59:44.720210+00:00","scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"scope_note":"Species profile; distribution and native-status discovery filters do not establish local growing or bloom timing.","source":"wildflower","source_name":"Houstonia purpurea","source_sha256":"a4641d53bb597032d32017684e9b2ae2a5db051a6f05219cc8f5f22c9fdac28c","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=HOPU2","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:508fe52a-bc9a-5e1e-99c7-76737057a7df","value":["Perennial"]},{"expected_source_name":"Houstonia purpurea","field":"flower_color","original_field":"flower_color","record_id":"trait:b92787ea1043703bb1390917767724e37f095897d8e9a184fb4e01b8a3d372fa","retrieved_at":"2026-10-05T19:59:44.720210+00:00","scope":{"kind":"unspecified"},"scope_note":"Species profile; distribution and native-status discovery filters do not establish local growing or bloom timing.","source":"wildflower","source_name":"Houstonia purpurea","source_sha256":"a4641d53bb597032d32017684e9b2ae2a5db051a6f05219cc8f5f22c9fdac28c","source_url":"https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=HOPU2","status":"eligible_fact","taxon_id":"taxon:508fe52a-bc9a-5e1e-99c7-76737057a7df","value":["White","Blue","Purple"]}],"values":{"flower_color":["White","Blue","Purple"],"height_description":"Up to about 1.66667 feet","life_cycle":["Perennial"]}}},"light_range":["shade","full sun"],"light_source":"NC Extension Plant Toolbox","native_synthesis":{"claims":[{"claim":"native","flag":"Y","matched_name":"Houstonia purpurea","scope":"AL","source":"al_atlas","url":"https://dev.alabama.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant/species/3280"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Houstonia purpurea","scope":"L48","source":"usda","text":"L48:N","url":"https://plants.usda.gov/"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Houstonia purpurea","scope":"NC","source":"nc_flora","url":"https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/"},{"basis":"native range text in the regional flora","claim":"native","scope":"NC-SC-GA","source":"floraquest_carolinas_georgia","text":"Delaware, Maryland, and s. Pennsylvania west to s. Ohio, s. Illinois, and sw. Missouri south to South Carolina, sw. Georgia, Panhandle Florida, Mississippi, s. Louisiana, e. Texas, and e. Oklahoma.","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"},{"basis":"native range text names Georgia","claim":"native","scope":"GA","source":"floraquest_carolinas_georgia","text":"Delaware, Maryland, and s. Pennsylvania west to s. Ohio, s. Illinois, and sw. Missouri south to South Carolina, sw. Georgia, Panhandle Florida, Mississippi, s. Louisiana, e. Texas, and e. Oklahoma.","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"},{"basis":"native range text names South Carolina","claim":"native","scope":"SC","source":"floraquest_carolinas_georgia","text":"Delaware, Maryland, and s. Pennsylvania west to s. Ohio, s. Illinois, and sw. Missouri south to South Carolina, sw. Georgia, Panhandle Florida, Mississippi, s. Louisiana, e. Texas, and e. Oklahoma.","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"},{"basis":"native range text in the regional flora","claim":"native","scope":"AL-MS-TN","source":"floraquest_south_central","text":"Delaware, Maryland, and s. Pennsylvania west to s. Ohio, s. Illinois, and sw. Missouri south to South Carolina, sw. Georgia, Panhandle Florida, Mississippi, s. Louisiana, e. Texas, and e. Oklahoma.","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"},{"basis":"species account without the alien asterisk","claim":"native_distribution","matched_name":"Houstonia purpurea","scope":"AL-AR-DC-DE-FL-GA-KY-LA-MD-MS-NC-NJ-PA-SC-TN-VA-WV","source":"weakley_fsus","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"},{"basis":"Native field of the South Central edition; the state is in its distribution","claim":"native","record_id":4781,"scope":"AL-MS-TN","source":"floraquest_south_central","url":"https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/"}],"county_native_range":"unresolved","decided_by":"al_atlas","explanation":"Alabama Plant Atlas (published flora, state claim) gives the value, over a broader claim from a higher tier. Speaks for its own area (GA, GA-NC-SC, NC, SC), not this state: Vascular Plants of North Carolina (NC Natural Heritage Program), Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Carolinas & Georgia edition.","label":"Native to Alabama (state-specific source)","provenance":{"flags":["over_higher_tier"],"source":"al_atlas","specificity":"state","tier":"published_flora"},"rule":"fact-hierarchy-2","status":"native_supported"},"source_name":"Houstonia purpurea","taxon_id":"taxon:508fe52a-bc9a-5e1e-99c7-76737057a7df","revision":"publish:cdb975f5-333c-4482-92bd-514ef43ee9c3","photos":[{"id":"inat-450035175","src":"/api/photos/image/dfa4b360aad10318e40bfb89d5cf022a096d2c3f10be5996bec4c6f013c910be.jpg","view":"bloom","alt":"Houstonia purpurea — flower photograph","width":500,"height":500,"artist":"(c) Dan Vickers, some rights reserved (CC BY)","license":"CC BY 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","source_url":"https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/450035175","changes":"iNaturalist medium image; no additional crop, retouching, or re-encoding.","kind":"photo"}]}