Plants of USA and Canada

Scientific or common name:

Ruellia strepens L.


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

Taxon Page:

Name: Ruellia strepens L. Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl. 2: 634. 1753 [1 May 1753]
Rank: species

pictures Images of Ruellia strepens


Common names

US name U.S. name: Limestone wild petunia
en English name: limestone wild petunia

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Dipteracanthus micranthus Engelm. & A. Gray
= Dipteracanthus strepens (L.) Nees
= Ruellia strepens L. var. cleistantha A. Gray
= Ruellia strepens L. var. micrantha (Engelm. & A. Gray) Britton


Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Ruellia strepens L. var. cleistantha A. Gray
2) Ruellia strepens L. var. micrantha (Engelm. & A. Gray) Britton



TAXONOMY

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


Page counter: 621 ( AVG: 223.39 / 292.911 )



Gallery:

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

Ruellia strepens
Ruellia strepens
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 3: 241.

Ruellia strepens
Ruellia strepens
Robert H. Mohlenbrock USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. - Not copyrighted image

Ruellia strepens
Ruellia strepens
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, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV)

Distributional map for Ruellia strepens L.
Map for Ruellia strepens L.
(*) 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 strepens L. var. cleistantha A. Gray [133]
2) Ruellia strepens L. var. micrantha (Engelm. & A. Gray) Britton [153]
3) Ruellia strictopaniculata Tharp & F.A. Barkley [132]
4) Ruellia tuberosa sensu A. Gray [110]
5) Rufacer drummondii (Hook. & Arn. ex Nutt.) Small [76]
6) Rumex acetosa L. ssp. acetosa [1032]
7) Rumex alpestris Jacq. [442]
8) Rumex angiocarpus Murb. [99]
9) Rumex britannica auct. non L. [105]
10) Rumex crispus L. [1661]

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