Ruellia L.
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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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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:293
Specimens with Sequences:369
Specimens with Barcodes:119
Species:146
Species With Barcodes:144
Public Records:232
Public Species:139
Public BINs:0
An erect to spreading, perennial, up to 1 m tall, almost glabrous undershrub. Leaves sessile, linear or linear-oblong, 6-30 cm x 5-16 mm, whithish veined above, long attenuate, entire or somewhat undulate, acute. Flowers blue-violet, in lax, terminal, leafy corymbiform panicle; bracts linear, 1-2 cm long, acute; bracteoles absent. Pedicel up to 1.5 cm long. Calyx 5-lobed, lobes linear, 5-6 mm long. Corolla glabrous externally, tube 2-2.5 cm. long, cylindrical below, expanded above, the limb lobes spreading, 1-1.5 cm long, rounded, somewhat crenate. Stamens included, filaments glabrous, anthers oblong, c. 3 mm long. Style filiform, c. 2 cm long, included, stigma slightly bent. Capsule ellipsoid, compressed, 1.8-2 cm long, glabrous, apically pointed, 12-14-seeded. Seeds orbicular, c. 2.5 mm across, brown.
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