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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ruellia pinetorum
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
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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 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
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p037
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p315
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