Ruellia ciliosa

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Family:ACANTHACEAE
Species:Ruellia ciliosa Pursh
Common Name:Sandhill Wild Petunia
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:RUCI4
Plant Notes:Sandhill Wild Petunia is a native herbaceous perennial in the Acanthus family (Acanthaceae). It is native to the southern third of Alabama. Sandhill Wild Petunia occurs in sandhills, in scrub oak woods, in xeric longleaf pine forests, and on dry, sandy roadsides. It is a perennial with a fibrous root system. Stems are short, usually less than 3 inches in height. The stems are green or reddish-purple and pubescent with long, straight hairs. Leaves are basal and cauline. The basal leaves for a rosette. Leaves are short petiolate to sub-sessile, ovate to spatulate or lanceolate in outline, entire, and pubescent. Stem leaves are opposite. Flowers are sessile or sub-sessile in the axils of the upper leaves. The calyx has a short tube and 5 long linear lobes. The lobes are pubescent with long white hairs. The lobes of the calyx are as long as or longer than the mature capsule. The corolla is funnelform with 5 rounded lobes. The corolla is pale blue in color. Corollas are easily detached. The fruit is an elongate glabrous capsule.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyACANTHACEAE - Acanthus family
Genus Ruellia
Species Ruellia ciliosa Pursh - Sandhill Wild Petunia

Citation

Citation Ruellia ciliosa Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 420–421. 1814 [1813].
Basionym: **
Type: USA: GEORGIA: Chatham Co.: Savannah, s.d., Enslen s.n. (holotype: W?).

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Dipteracanthus ciliosus Dipteracanthus ciliosus (Pursh) Nees von Esenbeck, Linnaea 16: 294. 1842.Ruellia ciliosa Pursh 1814. 
Ruellia caroliniensis var. cinerascens Ruellia caroliniensis (J. F. Gmelin) Steudel, var. cinerascens (Fernald) Kartesz & Gandhi, Phytologia 71: 88. 1991.Ruellia ciliosa Pursh, var. cinerascens Fernald 1945. 
Ruellia ciliosa var. cinerascens Ruellia ciliosa Pursh, var. cinerascens Fernald, Rhodora 47: 48. 1945. FLORIDA: Walton Co.: Crestview, 22 Jul 1899, Curtiss 6489 (holotype: US; isotypes: MO, NY).
Ruellia caroliniensis ssp. ciliosa Ruellia caroliniensis (J. F. Gmelin) Steudel, subsp. ciliosa (Pursh) R. W. Long, J. Arnold Arbor. 51: 288. 1970.Ruellia ciliosa Pursh 1814. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Coffee, Colbert, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia, Franklin, Geneva, Houston, Lee, Mobile, Tuscaloosa

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, BRIT, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1956 - 1978

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
AUA000025516 Lee 16 Jul 1967 Dent, D.M.
 AUA
Ruellia Caroliniensis (J.F. Gmel.) Steud. Ssp. Ciliosa (Pursh) R.W. Long
BRIT67802 Baldwin 16 Jul 1969 Kral, Robert
35690		 BRIT
Ruellia ciliosa Pursh
BRIT67807 Geneva 25 Jun 1974 Kral, Robert
53461		 BRIT
Ruellia ciliosa Pursh
UWAL0000008 Tuscaloosa 21 Jun 2003 Haynes, Robert R.
10405		 UWAL
Ruellia ciliosa Pursh
AUA000040424 Covington 1 Jun 2012 Hansen, Curtis J.
5642		 AUA
Ruellia Ciliosa Pursh Var. Cinerascens Fern.
TROY000042652 Covington 25 Jun 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26527		 TROY
Ruellia ciliosa Pursh
UNA00027552 Mobile s.d. Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Ruellia ciliosa Pursh
UWAL0043645 Baldwin 16 Jun 2001 Larsen, Harry S.
849		 UWAL
Ruellia ciliosa Pursh
UWAL0017982 Covington 21 Sep 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25537		 UWAL
Ruellia ciliosa Pursh
AUA000025517 Coffee 25 Jul 1969 Moore, Harold D.
392-69		 AUA
Ruellia Caroliniensis (J.F. Gmel.) Steud. Ssp. Ciliosa (Pursh) R.W. Long
UNA00042819 Franklin 15 Jul 1956 Thomas, Joab L.
92		 UNA
Ruellia ciliosa Pursh
BRIT67806 Escambia 18 Aug 1968 Kral, Robert
32586		 BRIT
Ruellia ciliosa Pursh
BRIT67804 Covington 26 Jul 1968 Kral, Robert
32117		 BRIT
Ruellia ciliosa Pursh
TROY000013765 Colbert 26 Jul 1981 Kral, Robert
67593		 TROY
Ruellia caroliniensis (J. F. Gmel.) Steudel ssp. ciliosa (Pursh) R. W. Long
ALNHS00002425 Covington 19 Jun 2013 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1067		 ALNHS
Ruellia ciliosa Pursh
UNA00042813 Covington 13 Jul 1978 Davenport, Lawrence J.
579		 UNA
Ruellia ciliosa Pursh
BRIT67808 Geneva 25 Jul 1968 Kral, Robert
31982		 BRIT
Ruellia ciliosa Pursh
ALNHS00008312 Geneva 02 Aug 2023 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#6129		 ALNHS
Ruellia ciliosa Pursh
AUA000025515 Crenshaw 23 Jun 1996 Diamond, Alvin R.
10345		 AUA
Ruellia Caroliniensis (J.F. Gmel.) Steud. Ssp. Ciliosa (Pursh) R.W. Long
BRIT67809 Houston 29 Aug 1974 Kral, Robert
54028		 BRIT
Ruellia ciliosa Pursh
UWAL0030670 Covington 25 Jul 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26527		 UWAL
Ruellia ciliosa Pursh
AUA000039993 Baldwin 4 Aug 1926 Wolf, Wolfgang
2655		 AUA
Ruellia Caroliniensis (J.F. Gmel.) Steud. Ssp. Ciliosa (Pursh) R.W. Long
AUA000037875 Covington 24 Oct 2011 Hansen, Curtis J.
5291		 AUA
Ruellia Caroliniensis (J.F. Gmel.) Steud. Ssp. Ciliosa (Pursh) R.W. Long
TROY000041865 Covington 21 Sep 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25537		 TROY
Ruellia ciliosa Pursh
TROY000047159 Geneva 27 Jul 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28415		 TROY
Ruellia ciliosa Pursh
BRIT67803 Covington 20 Oct 1969 Kral, Robert
38127		 BRIT
Ruellia ciliosa Pursh
UNA00042822 Mobile 30 May 1966 Deramus, Rebecca
D932		 UNA
Ruellia ciliosa Pursh
BRIT67805 Covington 26 Jun 1974 Kral, Robert
53532		 BRIT
Ruellia ciliosa Pursh
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