Acanthaceae
Hairyflower wild petunia
Ruellia ciliatiflora
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Ruellia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Hairyflower wild petunia, Peruvian wild petunia, Runyon's wild petunia, Rio Grande wild petunia, Violet wild petunia, Western wild petunia, Yucatan wild petunia
Synonyms
- Arrhostoxylum ciliatiflorum (Hook.) Nees
- Cryphiacanthus tubiflorus Oerst.
- Cryphiacanthus viscosus Oerst.
- Dipteracanthus nudiflorus Engelm. & A.Gray
- Ruellia congesta (Leonard) Tharp & F.A.Barkley
- Ruellia davisiorum Tharp & F.A.Barkley
- Ruellia glabrata (Leonard) Tharp & F.A.Barkley
- Ruellia glabrata var. shrevei Tharp & F.A.Barkley
- Ruellia gooddingiana A.Nelson
- Ruellia insularis (Leonard) Tharp & F.A.Barkley
- Ruellia lorentziana Griseb.
- Ruellia lorentziana var. paraguariensis Hassl.
- Ruellia lorentziana var. parvifolia Hassl.
- Ruellia muelleri var. grandiflora (Leonard) Tharp & F.A.Barkley
- Ruellia nudiflora (Engelm. & A.Gray) Urb.
- Ruellia nudiflora var. congesta Leonard
- Ruellia nudiflora var. glabrata Leonard
- Ruellia nudiflora var. grandiflora Leonard
- Ruellia nudiflora var. hispidula Shinners
- Ruellia nudiflora var. insularis Leonard
- Ruellia nudiflora var. mirandae Tharp & F.A.Barkley
- Ruellia nudiflora var. occidentalis (A.Gray) Leonard
- Ruellia nudiflora var. runyonii (Tharp & F.A.Barkley) B.L.Turner
- Ruellia nudiflora var. yucatana Leonard
- Ruellia occidentalis (A.Gray) Tharp & F.A.Barkley
- Ruellia occidentalis var. ferrisae Tharp & F.A.Barkley
- Ruellia occidentalis var. lundelliorum Tharp & F.A.Barkley
- Ruellia occidentalis var. wrightii Tharp & F.A.Barkley
- Ruellia runyonii Tharp & F.A.Barkley
- Ruellia runyonii var. berlandieri Tharp & F.A.Barkley
- Ruellia strictopaniculata Tharp & F.A.Barkley
- Ruellia tuberosa var. occidentalis A.Gray
- Ruellia yucatana (Leonard) Tharp & F.A.Barkley
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dguendel, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.