Fringeleaf Wild Petunia (Ruellia humilis)

3/7/2012

Found a pretty little wildflower, thought I'd identify it!

http://www.flwildflowers.com/gallery/

Only took me about 5 minutes to find an image that looked exactly like mine. In the website it's listed as petunia. Specifically Ruellia ciliosa. The common name is the Fringeleaf Wild Petunia. 

http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=2630

For some reason, Duval is not listed. But it also says 'not vouchered', it does not say 'not present, proven' or anything similar. 

http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=RUHU&photoID=ruhu_008_avp.jpg

Apparently ciliosa is a synonym for humilis. Seems legit. 

visibly hairy stem

http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/9498023