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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Petunia ×atkinsiana
FAMILY
Solanaceae
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Read more about Garden Petunia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Petunia ×atkinsiana [axillaris × integrifolia]
FAMILY
Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Petunia ×hybrida
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Petunia integrifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 165-10-001:
Petunia ×atkinsiana FAMILY Solanaceae
COMMON NAME:
Garden Petunia
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Keith Bradley kab_p_x_hybrida_73625
May Polk County NC
Individual plants may resemble either parent: P. axillaris or P. integrifolia, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Petunia ×atkinsiana
FAMILY
Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Petunia ×atkinsiana [axillaris × integrifolia]
FAMILY
Solanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Petunia ×hybrida
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Petunia integrifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 165-10-001:
Petunia ×atkinsiana
FAMILY
Solanaceae
4289
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Disturbed areas, garden edges, common in cultivation, rare as a waif or persistent, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Argentina
Uncommon in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White to pink to purple
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed funnelform corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers solitary in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
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