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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ruellia strepens
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Limestone Wild-petunia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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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
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
2037
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare south of VA
Look for it in calcareous forests, 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
Brown/Yellow-brown
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p243
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p256
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p425
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p252
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p297
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p162