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Ruellia caroliniensis ciliosa (low ruellia; fringeleaf wild petunia; wild petunia)

Synonyms: Dipteracanthus ciliosus f. dentatus; Dipteracanthus mitchillianus; Ruellia caroliniensis var. dentata; Ruellia ciliosa (homotypic); Ruellia ciliosa var. ambigua

Wikipedia Abstract

Ruellia humilis (wild petunia, fringeleaf wild petunia, hairy petunia, low wild petunia) is a species of flowering plant in the Acanthaceae, the acanthus family. It is native to the eastern United States. It is grown as an ornamental plant. Ruellia humilis is native to the U.S. from the northeastern/northern central to the southeastern/southern central regions. According to the Germplasm Resources Information Network of the United States Department of Agriculture, Ruellia humilis is native to the following states:
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Attributes

Bloom Period [1]  Summer
Drought Tolerance [1]  Medium
Fire Tolerance [1]  None
Frost Free Days [1]  5 months 10 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [1]  Low
Fruit/Seed Begin [1]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [1]  Fall
Growth Form [1]  Single Stem
Growth Period [1]  Summer
Growth Rate [1]  Moderate
Leaf Type [1]  Deciduous
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Propagation [1]  Container, Seed
Regrowth Rate [1]  Slow
Root Depth [1]  3.937 inches (10 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [1]  Slow
Seed Vigor [1]  Medium
Seeds Per [1]  150000 / lb (330693 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [1]  Erect
Structure [2]  Shrub
Vegetative Spread Rate [1]  None
Flower Color [1]  Purple
Foliage Color [1]  Green
Fruit Color [1]  Yellow
Flower Conspicuous [1]  Yes
Height [1]  31 inches (0.8 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 3 Low Temperature: -40 F° (-40 C°) → -30 F° (-34.4 C°)
Light Preference [1]  Mostly Shady
Soil Acidity [1]  Moderate Acid
Soil Fertility [1]  Infertile
Water Use [1]  Low
Screening - Summer [1]  Porous
Screening - Winter [1]  Porous

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Robertson, C. Flowers and insects lists of visitors of four hundred and fifty three flowers. 1929. The Science Press Printing Company Lancaster, PA.
♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0