Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
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 (1968) 171-03-003:
Ruellia purshiana
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
LESS THAN
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
Plant unbranched or sparsely branched. Leaves ovate, lanceolate or elliptic, 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
Flowers usually solitary on axillary peduncles at middle and lower nodes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Douglas Houck dhk_4152
May McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve