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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ruellia pinetorum
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Pineland Wild-petunia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ruellia pedunculata ssp. pinetorum
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
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 (11/30/12):
Ruellia pinetorum
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ruellia pedunculata ssp. pinetorum
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 171-03-002:
Ruellia pinetorum
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
3087
Forb
Perennial
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - SC
Rare
Look for it in dry to wet pinelands, 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
Opposite
Petioles to 3mm long
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
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