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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Ruellia ciliosa
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Sandhills Wild Petunia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ruellia caroliniensis ssp. ciliosa var. cinerascens
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Ruellia caroliniansis ssp. ciliosa var. cinerascens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 171-03-006:
Ruellia ciliosa
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ruellia ciliosa
COMMON NAME:
Sandhills Wild Petunia, Dwarf Wild Petunia
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ruci4_001_lvd
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_ruellia_ciliosa1a
July Richmond County NC
Stemless or w very short stem; leaves lustrous, often strongly tinged brown, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_ruellia_ciliosa8
July Richmond County NC
One or a few flowers, erect, their mouths facing up, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Ruellia ciliosa
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ruellia caroliniensis ssp. ciliosa var. cinerascens
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Ruellia caroliniansis ssp. ciliosa var. cinerascens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 171-03-006:
Ruellia ciliosa
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ruellia ciliosa
2906
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon in GA, rare in NC-SC
Look for it in sandhills, particularly in loamy, submesic swales, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette
Leaves sessile to subsessile
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Blue-violet
(rarely pink)
Bisexual
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed funnelform corolla
4 included stamens
Superior ovary
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 p243
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p036
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p087