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*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.
 
*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.
 
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Revision as of 11:54, 17 June 2015

Ruellia ciliosa
Ruellia ciliosa MMS.jpg
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.

Description

The common name is Sandhills Wild Petunia or Ciliate Wild Petunia (Nelson 2006).

Distribution

Found in sandhills of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina (Nelson 2006).

Ecology

Habitat

Phenology

Blooms from May through September (Nelson 2006).

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.

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Image caption:Photo taken by Michelle Smith