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Ruellia nudiflora (Engelm. & A. Gray) Urb. var. runyonii (Tharp & F.A. Barkley) B.L. Turner
Runyon's wild petunia
       
Symbol:   RUNUR  
Group:   Dicot  
Family:   Acanthaceae  
Duration:   Perennial  
Growth Habit:   Subshrub
Forb/herb 		 
Native Status:  
L48    N



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

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

  RURU Ruellia runyonii Tharp & F.A. Barkley
  RURUB Ruellia runyonii Tharp & F.A. Barkley var. berlandieri Tharp & F.A. Barkley
 

Native Status:
Ruellia nudiflora (Engelm. & A. Gray) Urb. var. runyonii (Tharp & F.A. Barkley) B.L. Turner

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USA (TX)
 

Related Taxa:
Ruellia nudiflora (Engelm. & A. Gray) Urb. var. runyonii (Tharp & F.A. Barkley) B.L. Turner

View 36 genera in Acanthaceae, 26 species in Ruellia, 2 varieties in Ruellia nudiflora (Engelm. & A. Gray) Urb.
 

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

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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
Variety Ruellia nudiflora (Engelm. & A. Gray) Urb. var. runyonii (Tharp & F.A. Barkley) B.L. Turner – Runyon's 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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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. var. runyonii (Tharp & F.A. Barkley) B.L. Turner

Ruellia nudiflora:

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
NI NO NI NO NO NO NI NI NO NO NO NO NO NO
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Wildlife Habitat Values:

Ruellia runyonii:

  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. var. runyonii (Tharp & F.A. Barkley) B.L. Turner

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 531116.

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