OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Ruellia pinetorum   FAMILY Acanthaceae   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ruellia pedunculata ssp. pinetorum   FAMILY Acanthaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Ruellia pedunculata ssp. pinetorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Genera of Acanthaceae in the Southeastern US (Long, 1970)

Ruellia pedunculata ssp. pinetorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 171-03-002:

Ruellia pinetorum   FAMILY Acanthaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
 Pineland Wild-petunia

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Ruellia pinetorum   FAMILY Acanthaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ruellia pedunculata ssp. pinetorum   FAMILY Acanthaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
 Ruellia pedunculata ssp. pinetorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Genera of Acanthaceae in the Southeastern US (Long, 1970)
 Ruellia pedunculata ssp. pinetorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 171-03-002:
 Ruellia pinetorum   FAMILY Acanthaceae

 

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3087

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Dry to wet pinelands and prairies, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Petioles to 3mm 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

 

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