Acanthaceae
Ruellia erythropus
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Ruellia
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Synonyms
- Blechum mexicanum Oerst.
- Blechum tweediei Nees
- Pentstemonacanthus modestus Nees
- Ruellia mattogrossensis Lindau
- Ruellia modesta Mart. ex Nees
- Ruellia pubiflora Griseb.
- Ruellia tweediei (Nees) T.Anderson ex Morong & Britton
- Ruellia tweedii (Nees) T.Anderson ex Morong & Britton
- Ruellia velascana Lindau
- Siphonacanthus erythropus Nees
Flowers
- In flower
- June to October (from 15 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Gonzalo Martinez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Romi Galeota Lencina, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Cris_de_los_humedales, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eduardo Luis Beltrocco, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hugo Hulsberg, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hugo Hulsberg, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hugo Hulsberg, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hugo Hulsberg, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Pablo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Gaspar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Nicolas Olejnik, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Geetha Ramaswami, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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- Peruvian wild petuniaRuellia chartaceaAcanthaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.