PLANTS Profile for Ruellia purshiana (Pursh's wild petunia)

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Ruellia purshiana Fernald
Pursh's wild petunia

Symbol:

RUPU2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Acanthaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Ruellia purshiana Fernald

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Distribution:
Ruellia purshiana Fernald


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, GA, LA, MD, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)

Related Taxa:
Ruellia purshiana Fernald

View 36 genera in Acanthaceae, 26 species in Ruellia

Classification:
Ruellia purshiana Fernald

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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 purshiana Fernald – Pursh's wild petunia

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Ruellia purshiana Fernald

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Maryland:
Pursh's ruellia		Endangered
Tennessee:
Pursh's wild-petunia		Special Concern

More Accounts and Images:
Ruellia purshiana Fernald

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 34388.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/21/2008 08:44 AM MDT