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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ruellia humilis   FAMILY Acanthaceae

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

Ruellia humilis

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

Ruellia humilis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 171-03-005:

Ruellia humilis   FAMILY Acanthaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Hairy Wild-petunia, Low Wild-petunia, Glade Wild-petunia, Fringeleaf Ruellia


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image of Ruellia humilis, Hairy Wild-petunia, Low Wild-petunia, Glade Wild-petunia, Fringeleaf Ruellia

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_ruhu_007_lvd

        

image of Ruellia humilis, Hairy Wild-petunia, Low Wild-petunia, Glade Wild-petunia, Fringeleaf Ruellia

Eric Ungberg    ung_20180529_130847

May    Granville County    NC

Picture Creek Diabase Barrens

image of Ruellia humilis, Hairy Wild-petunia, Low Wild-petunia, Glade Wild-petunia, Fringeleaf Ruellia

JK Marlow    jkm140603_347

June    Pickens County    SC

SC Botanical Garden

Flowers in axils of median & upper nodes, also usually from terminal cluster, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Ruellia humilis, Hairy Wild-petunia, Low Wild-petunia, Glade Wild-petunia, Fringeleaf Ruellia

JK Marlow    jkm140603_351

June    Pickens County    SC

SC Botanical Garden

image of Ruellia humilis, Hairy Wild-petunia, Low Wild-petunia, Glade Wild-petunia, Fringeleaf Ruellia

JK Marlow    jkm140603_355

June    Pickens County    SC

SC Botanical Garden

Stem typically branched at base. Leaves sessile or subsessile, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Ruellia humilis, Hairy Wild-petunia, Low Wild-petunia, Glade Wild-petunia, Fringeleaf Ruellia

JK Marlow    jkm140603_356

June    Pickens County    SC

SC Botanical Garden

image of Ruellia humilis, Hairy Wild-petunia, Low Wild-petunia, Glade Wild-petunia, Fringeleaf Ruellia

JK Marlow    jkm140603_356b

June    Pickens County    SC

SC Botanical Garden

Calyx lobes hirsute, linear-setaceous, 15-25mm long, less than 2mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Ruellia humilis, Hairy Wild-petunia, Low Wild-petunia, Glade Wild-petunia, Fringeleaf Ruellia

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_r_humilis_lowwildp_2

June        

image of Ruellia humilis, Hairy Wild-petunia, Low Wild-petunia, Glade Wild-petunia, Fringeleaf Ruellia

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_r_humilis_lowwildpe11

June        

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ruellia humilis   FAMILY Acanthaceae

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 171-03-005:
Ruellia humilis   FAMILY Acanthaceae

 

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2036

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: calcareous or mafic glades and woodlands, prairies, dry woodlands and fields, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves sessile to subsessile

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Blue-violet, white
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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