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Revision as of 10:44, 17 June 2015
| Ruellia ciliosa | |
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| Photo taken by Gil Nelson | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Scrophulariales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Genus: | Ruellia |
| Species: | R. ciliosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Ruellia ciliosa (Pursh) R.W. Long | |
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| Natural range of Ruellia ciliosa from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Contents
Description
Distribution
Found in sandhills of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina (Nelson 2006).
Ecology
Habitat
Phenology
Seed dispersal
Seed bank and germination
Fire ecology
Flowers within two months of burning in early summer (K. Robertson). Ruellia ciliosa responds rapidly to fire and ma be seen as one of the more common plants in the ground cover after a prescribed burn. Within a few weeks or so, Ruellia ciliosa, produces new leaves and flowers profusely but temporary (Nelson 2006).
Pollination
Use by animals
Diseases and parasites
Conservation and Management
Cultivation and restoration
References and notes
- Robertson, Kevin M. 2014. Personal observation made at Pebble Hill Plantation, Grady County, Georgia.
- Nelson, Gil. Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers: A Field Guide to the Wildflowers of the Coastal Regions of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Northeastern Florida. Guilford, CT: FalconGuide, 2006. 36. Print.
