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Scientific or common name:

Ruellia humilis Nutt.


ACANTHACEAE Family selection - Acanthus family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Ruellia humilis Nutt. Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. ser. 2, 5: 182. 1835 [late 1835]
Rank: species

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Common names

US name U.S. name: Fringeleaf wild petunia
en English name: fringe-leaf ruellia
English name: wild petunia

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Ruellia ciliosa Pursh var. longiflora A. Gray
= Ruellia humilis Nutt. var. calvescens Fernald
= Ruellia humilis Nutt. var. depauperata Tharp & F.A. Barkley
= Ruellia humilis Nutt. var. expansa Fernald
= Ruellia humilis Nutt. var. frondosa Fernald
= Ruellia humilis Nutt. var. longiflora (A. Gray) Fernald


Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Ruellia humilis Nutt. var. calvescens Fernald
2) Ruellia humilis Nutt. var. depauperata Tharp & F.A. Barkley
3) Ruellia humilis Nutt. var. expansa Fernald
4) Ruellia humilis Nutt. var. frondosa Fernald
5) Ruellia humilis Nutt. var. longiflora (A. Gray) Fernald



TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Scrophulariales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Ruellia
Species:


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Gallery:

Ruellia humilis
Ruellia humilis
Steve Hurst - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

Ruellia humilis
Ruellia humilis
Robert H. Mohlenbrock USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. South National Technical Center, Fort Worth. - Not copyrighted image

Ruellia humilis
Ruellia humilis
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA NRCS. Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. - Not copyrighted image


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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, OH, OK, PA, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV)

Distributional map for Ruellia humilis Nutt.
Map for Ruellia humilis Nutt.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA



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More species:
1) Ruellia humilis Nutt. var. calvescens Fernald [131]
2) Ruellia humilis Nutt. var. depauperata Tharp & F.A. Barkley [147]
3) Ruellia humilis Nutt. var. longiflora (A. Gray) Fernald [145]
4) Ruellia hybrida sensu Small, non Pursh [188]
5) Ruellia metziae Tharp var. marshii Tharp & F.A. Barkley [93]
6) Ruellia pedunculata Torr. ex A. Gray [402]
7) Ruellia strepens L. var. cleistantha A. Gray [133]
8) Rufacer carolinianum (Walter) Small [90]
9) Rumex acetosella L. var. pyrenaeus (Pourr.) Timbal-Lagrave [176]
10) Rumex aquaticus L. ssp. fenestratus (Greene) Hultén [144]

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