Ruellia caroliniensis ssp. ciliosa var. cinerascens (Hairy wild petunia)

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Ruellia caroliniensis (J.F. Gmel.) Steud. ssp. ciliosa (Pursh) R.W. Long var. cinerascens (Fernald) Kartesz & Gandhi

Hairy wild petunia, wild petunia

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Asteridae	A large class that encompasses asters
Order	Lamiales	Aromatic herbs and shrubs, including lavender, lilac, olive, jasmine, ash, teak, snapdragon, sesame, psyllium, garden sage, mint, basil, and rosemary
Family	Acanthaceae	Acanthus family, of tropical herbs and shrubs
Genus	Ruellia	Named for physician and botanist Jean Ruel, whose translation of Dioscorides, Materia medica, written in 65 AD, became the basis for modern pharmaceutical and herbal writing
Species	caroliniensis	Low-growing, humble
ssp.	ciliosa
var.	cinerascens

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Ruellia caroliniensis ssp. ciliosa var. cinerascens description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 29 Jul 2023.

The petunia is at top left. The foreground plant is Cirsium horridulum. · 4/14/2015 · Long Pine Key, Everglades National Park, Florida
≈ 14 × 10" (35 × 24 cm)

7/29/2023 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts

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