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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ruellia strepens
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Limestone Wild-petunia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ruellia strepens
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ruellia strepens
SYNONYMOUS WITH The Genera of Acanthaceae in the Southeastern US (Long, 1970)
Ruellia strepens
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 171-03-001:
Ruellia strepens FAMILY Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ruellia strepens
COMMON NAME:
Limestone Wild-petunia, Glade Wild-petunia, Smooth Wild-petunia, Limestone Ruellia
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_rust2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_rust2_004_lvd
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Dale McSwain jdm_5201338
May Roane County TN
Haw Ridge Park
Flowers usually solitary from leaf axils in central portion of the stem, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Dale McSwain jdm_5201338b
May Roane County TN
Haw Ridge Park
Differs markedly from our other Ruellia in having lanceolate calyx lobes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_ruellia_stepens
May
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_ruellia_strepens_7
May
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ruellia strepens
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ruellia strepens
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ruellia strepens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Genera of Acanthaceae in the Southeastern US (Long, 1970)
Ruellia strepens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 171-03-001:
Ruellia strepens
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ruellia strepens
2037
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: calcareous forests, woodlands, and fields, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Petioles to 10mm long
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Blue-violet
(rarely pink)
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed funnelform corolla
4 included stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Brown/Yellow-brown
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p243
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p256
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p315
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p425
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p252
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p297
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p162
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