Plants Profile for Ruellia nudiflora (violet wild petunia)

General Information
Symbol:	RUNU
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Acanthaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb Subshrub
Native Status:	L48 N
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©Larry Allain. USGS National Wetlands Research Center (NWRC). Usage Requirements.

Patrick J. Alexander. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
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

Subordinate Taxa

The Plants Database includes the following 2 subspecies of Ruellia nudiflora . Click below on a thumbnail map or name for subspecies profiles.

Native

Introduced

Native and Introduced

Distribution of <i>Ruellia nudiflora</i> (Engelm. & A. Gray) Urb. var. <i>nudiflora </i>

Ruellia nudiflora var. nudiflora
violet wild petunia

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

Ruellia nudiflora var. runyonii
Runyon's wild petunia

Legal Status

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

Related Links

More Accounts and Images
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (RUNU)
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (RUNU)

Wildlife

Food

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

Cover

Source	Large Mammals	Small Mammals	Water Birds	Terrestrial Birds
Everitt

Sources

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.

Description of Values

Value Class	Food	Cover
High	Average 25-50% of diet	Regular source of cover
Low	5-10% of diet	Infrequently used as cover
Minor	2-5% of diet	Sparsely used as cover
Moderate	Average 10-25% of diet	Occasional source of cover