| Other Names | Wild Petunia | ||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Ruellia nudiflora | ||||||||||||
| Family Name | Acanthus ( Acanthaceae ) | ||||||||||||
| 5 united petals; 2 - lipped flowers
Twin pairs of large, lavender to purplish, 2-lipped, tubular flowers, well above the leafy stem. Flowers open after sunrise, lasting only one day. Leaves opposite, oval to lancelike, with petioles 10-70 cm. Plant is densely haiy when young, becoming almost entirely smooth with age. Although called wild petunia, they are not in nightshade family from which true cultivated petunias are derived. | |||||||||||||
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Reference: Campbell and Lynn Loughmiller Texas Wildflowers p. 1 Niehaus, Ripper, Savage Peterson Field Guide to Southwestern and Texas Wildflowers p. 372 Geyata Ajilvsgi Wildflowers of Texas p. 377 | |||||||||||||
April - June
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