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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ruellia purshiana
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
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 (11/30/12):
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
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon (rare in Mountains, rare in NC)
Look for it in dry woodlands and forests, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks, 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 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