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Read more about Limestone Wild-petunia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ruellia strepens
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ruellia strepens
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 171-03-001:
Ruellia strepens
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
COMMON NAME:
Limestone Wild-petunia, Glade Wild-petunia, Smooth Wild-petunia
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_rust2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_rust2_004_lvd
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Dale McSwain jdm_5201338
May Roane County TN
Haw Ridge Park
Flowers usually solitary from leaf axils in central portion of the stem, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Dale McSwain jdm_5201338b
May Roane County TN
Haw Ridge Park
Differs markedly from our other Ruellia in having lanceolate calyx lobes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_ruellia_stepens
May
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_ruellia_strepens_7
May