Characteristics
Dicots
Ruellia caroliniensis (J.F.Gmel.)Steud.
CAROLINA WILD PETUNIA
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This species was previously treated in a broader concept by Long (1964) to include R. ciliosa, R. heteromorpha, and R. succulenta, differing from the current taxonomy adopted here.
Native
FACU (NWPL)
FAC (DEP)
Classification
Citation
RUELLIA CAROLINIENSIS (J. F. Gmelin) Steudel, Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2. 2: 481. 1841.
Pattersonia caroliniensis J. F. Gmelin 1792.
SOUTH CAROLINA: Berkeley Co.: Santee Canal, 1886, Ravenel s.n. (neotype: GH; isoneotype: DUKE). Neotypified by D. B. Ward, J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 1095. 2007.
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