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Drummond's wild petunia
Ruellia drummondiana
About
Ruellia drummondiana (syn. Dipteracanthus drummondianus Nees), also known as Drummond's wild petunia, is a flowering plant endemic to central Texas in the United States. It was first collected by naturalist Thomas Drummond and first described in 1847. R. drummondiana stands up to 3' with an herbaceous dark green ridged stem and purple flowers. Unlike the majority of Ruellia in the United States, R. drummondiana produces fruit with only 2–4 seeds, as opposed to 6–20 as is
- Family
- Acanthaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Ruellia drummondiana
- Slug
- ruellia-drummondiana
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Ruellia
- Species
- drummondiana
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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