PLANTS Profile for Ruellia nudiflora (violet wild petunia)

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Ruellia nudiflora (Engelm. & A. Gray) Urb.
violet wild petunia

Symbol:

RUNU

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Acanthaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Ruellia nudiflora (Engelm. & A. Gray) Urb.

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Distribution:
Ruellia nudiflora (Engelm. & A. Gray) Urb.


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USA (AZ, LA, MS, TX)

Related Taxa:
Ruellia nudiflora (Engelm. & A. Gray) Urb.

View 36 genera in Acanthaceae, 26 species in Ruellia or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Ruellia nudiflora (Engelm. & A. Gray) Urb. var. nudiflora. . Image Available.

Ruellia nudiflora var. nudiflora
violet wild petunia

Distribution of Ruellia nudiflora (Engelm. & A. Gray) Urb. var. runyonii (Tharp & F.A. Barkley) B.L. Turner. .

Ruellia nudiflora var. runyonii
Runyon's wild petunia

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Ruellia nudiflora (Engelm. & A. Gray) Urb.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Scrophulariales
Family	Acanthaceae – Acanthus family
Genus	Ruellia L. – wild petunia
Species	Ruellia nudiflora (Engelm. & A. Gray) Urb. – violet wild petunia

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Ruellia nudiflora (Engelm. & A. Gray) Urb.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

Wildlife Habitat Values:

Ruellia nudiflora (Engelm. & A. Gray) Urb.

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Everitt	Low						Minor

Wildlife Habitat Values

Everitt, J.H., D.L. Drawe, and R.I. Lonard. 1999. Field guide to the broad leaved herbaceous plants of South Texas used by livestock and wildlife. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock.

More Accounts and Images:
Ruellia nudiflora (Engelm. & A. Gray) Urb.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 34383.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 03:44 PM CDT