Acanthaceae
Ruellia geminiflora
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Ruellia
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Synonyms
- Copioglossa pilosa Miers
- Dipteracanthus angustifolius (Nees) Bremek.
- Dipteracanthus canescens Nees
- Dipteracanthus geminiflorus (Kunth) Nees
- Dipteracanthus geminiflorus var. angustifolius Nees
- Dipteracanthus geminiflorus var. erectus Nees
- Dipteracanthus geminiflorus var. hirsutior Nees
- Dipteracanthus geminiflorus var. procumbens Nees
- Dipteracanthus geminiflorus var. subacaulis Nees
- Dipteracanthus hirsutus Vell.
- Dipteracanthus humilis Nees
- Dipteracanthus humilis var. diffusus Nees
- Dipteracanthus humilis var. minor Nees
- Dipteracanthus nanus Nees
- Dipteracanthus porrigens Nees
- Dipteracanthus porrigens var. triflorus Nees
- Dipteracanthus vindex Nees
- Dyschoriste humilis f. variegata Stuck.
- Gymnacanthus campestris Oerst.
- Gymnacanthus geminiflorus (Kunth) Oerst.
- Ruellia bicolor Ruiz ex Nees
- Ruellia campestris (Oerst.) Hemsl.
- Ruellia canescens (Nees) Lindau
- Ruellia elliptica Rusby
- Ruellia geminiflora f. albiflora Kuntze
- Ruellia geminiflora var. angustifolia (Nees) Griseb.
- Ruellia geminiflora var. canescens (Nees) Griseb.
- Ruellia geminiflora var. geminiflora
- Ruellia geminiflora var. hirsutior (Nees) Hicken
- Ruellia geminiflora var. hirsutior (Nees) Nees
- Ruellia geminiflora var. humilis (Nees) Griseb.
- Ruellia geminiflora var. nudipes S.Moore
- Ruellia hirsuta Vell.
- Ruellia hispida Vahl ex Nees
- Ruellia humilis (Nees) Lindau
- Ruellia hypericifolia Rusby
- Ruellia lindmaniana Fritsch
- Ruellia moritziana Klotzsch ex Nees
- Ruellia porrigens Mart. ex Nees
- Ruellia porrigens (Nees) Lindau
and 4 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- July to August, November to January (from 17 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos

FlowerPhoto: Guillaume Delaitre, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Guillaume Delaitre, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thomaz Ricardo Favreto Sinani, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Tatiana Abdul, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Hugo Hulsberg, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patricio Cowper Coles, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hugo Hulsberg, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: fmunoz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sebastián Fornés, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hugo Hulsberg, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Suzana Ehlin Martins, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
More in Ruellia
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- Ruellia elegansAcanthaceae
- Ruellia asperulaAcanthaceae
- Brazilian wild petuniaRuellia devosianaAcanthaceae
- Fringe-leaf wild petuniaRuellia humilisAcanthaceae
- Prostrate wild petuniaRuellia prostrataAcanthaceae
- Carolina wild petuniaRuellia caroliniensisAcanthaceae
- Peruvian wild petuniaRuellia chartaceaAcanthaceae
- Ruellia insignisAcanthaceae
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.