Wild Petunia
A drought-tolerant prarie native, with delightful small levender blue petunia flowers for a long time in mid summer. Compact (great in pots!) and very easy to grow. Seeds in well. Great choice for a height-restricted meadow.
Carolina wild petunia is commonly found in sandhills, flatwoods, and hammocks throughout Florida (Wunderlin, 2003).
Ruellia caroliniensis is a hummingbird and butterfly nectar species located throughout the eastern United States (Kartesz, 1999).
Wild Petunia
Description
Ruellia humilis 'Blue Shade' is a native groundcover in areas of the Eastern US, including Texas. The foliage is a deep olive green color and the leaves are hairy.
Index- plants in this Family
Acanthaceae / Acanthus Carolina Wild Petunia (Ruellia carolinensis)
Carolina Wild Petunia is also known as Ruellia, Wild Petunia and Hairy Ruellia. ...
common wild petunia, red Christmas pride, stephanophysum, tropical wild petunia
Family
Acanthaceae ...
Violet Wild Petunia
Ruellia nudiflora
Violet Wild Petunia is a semi-sprawling perennial, up to 28 in. high, from a somewhat woody base.
Violet Wild Petunia
Ruellia rivularis
Ruellia prostrata var. dejecta, Dipteracanthus dejectus, Ruellia prostrata ...
Britton's Wild Petunia [English]: Ruellia brittoniana
Brittons Beargrass [English]: Nolina brittoniana
Brittons Sedge [English]: Carex tetrastachya
Brittons Spikerush [English]: Eleocharis brittonii
Brittons Violet [English]: Viola brittoniana ...
Even though the wild petunias first went to Europe, they eventually made their way to the United States where the hybrid petunia we know today was developed. Much of the early hybridization work on petunias was done by a Mrs.
Field Office Guide to Plant Species
Hairy Wild Petunia
Ruellia humilis Nutt.
hybrida with another wild petunia, P. axillaris. These fast-growing, long-lived, profuse bloomers are ideal for hanging baskets, planting beds, and containers.
Petunia integrifolia
(Surfinia petunia, Wild petunia, Violet-flowered petunia) Be the first to rate this plant ...
Mexian petunia; linear-leaved wild petunia Ruellia caerulea
Mexican tea; Spanish tea; American wormwood Chenopodium ambrosioides
Mexican tulip poppy, golden cup Hunnemannia fumariifolia
milk thistle Silybum marianum ...
 See also: Petunia, Ruellia, Green, May, Violet
  
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