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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ruellia ciliosa
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Sandhills Wild Petunia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ruellia caroliniensis ssp. ciliosa var. cinerascens
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ruellia caroliniansis ssp. ciliosa var. cinerascens
INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Ruellia caroliniensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH The Genera of Acanthaceae in the Southeastern US (Long, 1970)
Ruellia caroliniensis ssp. ciliosa var. ciliosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 171-03-006:
Ruellia ciliosa FAMILY Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ruellia ciliosa
COMMON NAME:
Sandhills Wild-petunia, Dwarf Wild-petunia
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ruci4_001_lvd
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_ruellia_ciliosa1a
July Richmond County NC
Stemless or w very short stem; leaves lustrous, often strongly tinged brown, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_ruellia_ciliosa8
July Richmond County NC
One or a few flowers, erect, their mouths facing up, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ruellia ciliosa
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ruellia caroliniensis ssp. ciliosa var. cinerascens
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ruellia caroliniansis ssp. ciliosa var. cinerascens
INCLUDED WITHIN
Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Ruellia caroliniensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Genera of Acanthaceae in the Southeastern US (Long, 1970)
Ruellia caroliniensis ssp. ciliosa var. ciliosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 171-03-006:
Ruellia ciliosa
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ruellia ciliosa
2906
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Sandhills, particularly in loamy, submesic swales, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain, rare in Carolinas
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette
Leaves sessile to subsessile
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Blue-violet
(rarely pink)
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed funnelform corolla
4 included stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Brown/Yellow-brown
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p243
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p036
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p021
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p087
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