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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ruellia purshiana
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Pursh's Wild-petunia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ruellia purshiana
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 171-03-003:
Ruellia purshiana
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Ruellia pedunculata
COMMON NAME:
Pursh's Wild-petunia
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Douglas Houck dhk_4055
May McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
Flowers usually solitary on axillary peduncles at middle and lower nodes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Douglas Houck dhk_4058
May McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
Calyx lobes usually puberulent and pubescent, linear-setaceous, 2-2.5cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Douglas Houck dhk_4101
May McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
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Douglas Houck dhk_4152
May McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm180506_473
May Crawford County GA
Plant unbranched or sparsely branched. Leaves ovate, lanceolate or elliptic, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm180506_497
May Crawford County GA
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JK Marlow jkm180506_497b
May Crawford County GA
Calyx pubescent, without cystoliths; calyx lobes 0.7-1.2 mm wide, per Weakley's Flora (2018).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ruellia purshiana
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ruellia purshiana
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 171-03-003:
Ruellia purshiana
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Ruellia pedunculata
3513
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Piedmont of GA & SC, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Habitat: Dry woodlands and forests, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Petioles to 10mm long
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue-violet
(rarely pink)
Bisexual
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed funnelform corolla
4 included stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p252
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p296