Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Ruellia nudiflora var. nudiflora
Ruellia nudiflora (Engelm. & A. Gray) Urb. var. nudiflora
Violet Wild Petunia
Acanthaceae (Acanthus Family)
USDA Symbol: RUNUNUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Ruellia nudiflora var. nudiflora
Wild Petunia
Acanthaceae
Location: Alamo Heights Nature TrailLatitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Shady, damp, alkaline soil.
Description: 6 dm, erect suffruticose perennial. Leaves to 42 x 85 mm, acute, attenuate, entire, gray-green. Corolla both cleistogamous and normal. Sepals long, narrow; lengthening in fruit. Corolla purplish-blue, 50 mm long, tube curved. Fruit 3-4 x 15 mm. Seed 4-5, circular, 3-3.5 mm diameter.
County: Bexar
Collector: Curt Walker
Collection Date: Jun 23, 1992
Specimen number: 5
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 1106
Accession Date: Feb 26, 1998
Accession Number: 101
Annotations: SCFRB (In flower/fruit)