Hedyotis purpurea Home Plant index Trail Map Hedyotis purpurea var. Rubiaceae More flower photographs Interesting info Attractive plant with four-petaled white flower and deep green leaves. Flower is similar to spring cress and cut-leaved toothwort, but these plants bloom much earlier.
Identification is uncertain.
Older botanical texts seem to refer to this plant as Houstonia lanceolata. Many plants found in low, wet woods, sometimes in shallow water.