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Magnoliopsida
Ruellia L.
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United States
Origin: Unknown/Undetermined
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
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This plant occurs occasionally throughout Illinois, but is most likely to be absent in the NW counties (see Distribution Map). Hairy Wild Petunia occurs in mesic to dry black soil prairies, gravelly hill prairies, dry open woodlands, limestone glades, bluffs, sandy cemeteries, sand flats, and areas along roadsides and railroads. This plant is typically found in areas with poor soil and sparse vegetative cover, where it occurs sporadically in short grass, rather than forming dense colonies.
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Ruellia humilis (Hairy Wild Petunia)
(Long-tongued bees collect pollen or suck nectar; short-tongued bees collect stray pollen & are non-pollinating; wasps rob nectar by perforating the flowers [sn@prf] & are non-pollinating; flies feed on pollen & are non-pollinating; beetle activity is unspecified; some observations are from Estes & Thorp and MacRae as indicated below, otherwise observations are from Robertson)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus impatiens sn, Bombus pensylvanica sn; Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Anthophora walshii sn; Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Synhalonia speciosa sn; Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis brevis cp cpt, Megachile latimanus sn cp
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon virescens cp np, Lasioglossum lustrans sn np (ET)
Wasps
Vespidae: Polistes dorsalis prf sn@prf np
Flies
Syrphidae: Allograpta obliqua fp np; Bombyliidae: Hemipenthes sinuosa fp np
Beetles
Buprestidae: Acmaeodera texana (McR), Acmaeodera tubulus (McR)
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 12
Species With Barcodes: 1
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked
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Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure
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It's quite adaptable, tolerating full or partial sun, moist to dry conditions, and practically any kind of soil. Under moist conditions with rich soil, however, this plant is unable to compete with taller, more aggressive plants. Disease doesn't seem to bother it.
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Ruellia humilis (wild petunia,[1] fringeleaf wild petunia, hairy petunia, low wild petunia)[2] is a species of flowering plant in the Acanthaceae, the acanthus family. It is native to the eastern United States.[1] It is grown as an ornamental plant.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Ruellia humilis. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
- ^ Ruellia humilis. USDA PLANTS Database.
- ^ Ruellia humilis. Missouri Botanical Garden.
Further reading[edit]
- Blanchan, N. (2002). Wild Flowers: An Aid to Knowledge of our Wild Flowers and their Insect Visitors. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
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United States
Origin: Exotic
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
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Distribution: A native of Mexico, grown elsewhere as an ornamental.
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