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Ruellia ciliatiflora Hook.   (redirected from: Ruellia nudiflora (Engelm. & A. Gray) Urb.)
Family: Acanthaceae
Hairy-Flower Wild Petunia, more...Violet Wild Petunia, violet wild petunia, ruellia, wild petunia (es: rama de toro, yerba del toro)
[Dipteracanthus nudiflorus Engelm. & Gray, moreRuellia gooddingiana , Ruellia nudiflora (Engelm. & A. Gray) Urb., Ruellia nudiflora var. congesta , Ruellia nudiflora var. glabrata Leonard, Ruellia nudiflora var. grandiflora , Ruellia nudiflora var. hispidula Shinners, Ruellia nudiflora var. nudiflora , Ruellia nudiflora var. runyonii (Tharp & F. A. Barkley) B.L. Turner, Ruellia nudiflora var. yucatana Leonard]
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Wiggins 1964, Daniel 1984, Kearney and Peebles 1969
Duration: Perennial Nativity: Native Lifeform: Subshrub General: Erect perennial forb from a woody caudex, 30-50 cm; sparsely pubescent with flexuous trichomes about 2.5 mm long, sometimes with dense understory of straight trichomes and glands. Leaves: Opposite, petiolate, ovate to broadly ovate 10-17 cm long, long attenuate to truncate-attentuate at base, rounded to subacute at apex, margin undulate-crisped, surfaces pubescent. Flowers: Tubular, purple, slightly irregular, 3 cm long, in loose, open terminal panicles; corolla 30-50 mm long, lobes 10-12 mm long. Fruits: Capsule ellipsoid, 12-22 mm long, glandular. Ecology: Found in sandy washes and ditches, in desert scrub and desert grassland from 1,500-4,500 ft (457-1372 m); flowers April-September. Distribution: Ranges from Arizona to Louisiana, south through much of Mexico and Central America to Costa Rica. Notes: Distinguished by the broad, opposite ovate leaves with defined veins, quite unlike the other species in Acanthaceae in our area, which are generally more lanceolate; the purple tubular flws, stipitate glandular calyces and explosively dehiscent capsules. Etymology: Ruellia is named after Jean Ruelle, a French botanist (1474-1537). Editor: SBuckley 2010, FSCoburn 2015
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