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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ruellia caroliniensis
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
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Read more about Carolina Wild-petunia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ruellia caroliniensis ssp. caroliniensis var. caroliniensis
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ruellia caroliniensis ssp. caroliniensis var. caroliniensis
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. caroliniensis var. caroliniensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 171-03-007:
Ruellia caroliniensis FAMILY Acanthaceae
(?) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ruellia parviflora
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Wild-petunia, Common Wild-petunia, Hairy Ruellia
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_rupa21_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm080616_042
June Oconee County SC
Corolla funnelform, with tube, open throat, 5 subequal petals, 2-cleft stigma, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm080616_042b
June Oconee County SC
A somewhat hairy plant, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm080616_049
June Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm140623_185
June Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Flowers in sessile clusters in upper axils, very few open at any one time, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm180604_2705
June McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
Funnel-form flowers in sessile clusters in middle and upper nodes, per Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm180618_2927
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm180621_2938
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm180623_2951
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200623_988
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm090704_032
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm100702_128
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm100702_132
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm100702_133
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm100702_137
July Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm120728_017b
July Abbeville County SC
Parson's Mountain Recreation Area
Leaves ovate, lanceolate or elliptic, pubescent or glabrate, petioles to 12mm, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm120728_017c
July Abbeville County SC
Parson's Mountain Recreation Area
Calyx lobes usually hirsute, linear-setaceous, 15-22mm long, < 2mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm210824_3002
August Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Fruit is a smooth capsule, 0.5-0.6" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ruellia caroliniensis
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ruellia caroliniensis ssp. caroliniensis var. caroliniensis
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ruellia caroliniensis ssp. caroliniensis var. caroliniensis
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. caroliniensis var. caroliniensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 171-03-007:
Ruellia caroliniensis
FAMILY
Acanthaceae
(?)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ruellia parviflora
1282
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Dry to moist forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Petioles to 12mm long
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
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p166
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p256
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p315
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p425
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p149
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p096
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p234
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p021
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p252
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p295
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p162
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p147
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