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Common habitats for ''R. humilis'' include calcareous or mafic glades and woodlands, as well as prairies.<ref name= "Weakley"> Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.</ref> Specimens have been colelcted from dry slopes of a region with pine and oak, and open prairie regions.<ref name = "FSU herbarium"> URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Richard R. Clinebell II, William Platt, Sidney McDaniel, Randy Haynes States and counties: Georgia (Thomas) Alabama (Cherokee)</ref> | Common habitats for ''R. humilis'' include calcareous or mafic glades and woodlands, as well as prairies.<ref name= "Weakley"> Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.</ref> Specimens have been colelcted from dry slopes of a region with pine and oak, and open prairie regions.<ref name = "FSU herbarium"> URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Richard R. Clinebell II, William Platt, Sidney McDaniel, Randy Haynes States and counties: Georgia (Thomas) Alabama (Cherokee)</ref> | ||
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This forb has a medium tolerance to drought, and is very tolerant of shade.<ref name= "USDA"> [https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CEAM USDA Plant Database]</ref> | This forb has a medium tolerance to drought, and is very tolerant of shade.<ref name= "USDA"> [https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CEAM USDA Plant Database]</ref> | ||
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Flowering typically occurs during the summer months.<ref name= "USDA"> [https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CEAM USDA Plant Database]</ref> | Flowering typically occurs during the summer months.<ref name= "USDA"> [https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CEAM USDA Plant Database]</ref> | ||
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| − | ===Fire ecology=== | + | ''R. humilis'' originally was thought to have no tolerance for fire;<ref name= "USDA"> [https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CEAM USDA Plant Database]</ref> however, populations have been known to persist through repeated annual burning.<ref>Platt, W.J., R. Carter, G. Nelson, W. Baker, S. Hermann, J. Kane, L. Anderson, M. Smith, K. Robertson. 2021. Unpublished species list of Wade Tract old-growth longleaf pine savanna, Thomasville, Georgia.</ref> |
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==Conservation, cultivation, and restoration== | ==Conservation, cultivation, and restoration== | ||
Latest revision as of 11:34, 15 July 2022
Common Names: fringeleaf wild petunia[1], low ruellia, fringed leaf ruellia[2]
| Ruellia humilis | |
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| Photo by John Hilty hosted at IllinoisWildflowers.info | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida - Dicots |
| Order: | Scrophulariales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Genus: | Ruellia |
| Species: | R. humilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ruellia humilis Nutt. | |
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| Natural range of Ruellia humilis from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Contents
Taxonomic Notes
Synonym: none
Variety: R. humilis var. calvescens (Fernald), R. humilis var. frondosa (Fernald), R. humilis var. typica, R. humilis var. longiflora (A. Gray), R. humilis var. expansa (Fernald)
Description
R. humilis is a perennial forb/herb of the Acanthaceae family that is native to North America.[1]
Distribution
R. humilis is found in the eastern United States as far west as Texas, excepting South Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire.[1]
Ecology
Habitat
Common habitats for R. humilis include calcareous or mafic glades and woodlands, as well as prairies.[3] Specimens have been colelcted from dry slopes of a region with pine and oak, and open prairie regions.[4]
R. humilis can grow in any textured soil, coarse, medium and fine.[1]
This forb has a medium tolerance to drought, and is very tolerant of shade.[1]
Phenology
Flowering typically occurs during the summer months.[1]
Fire ecology
R. humilis originally was thought to have no tolerance for fire;[1] however, populations have been known to persist through repeated annual burning.[5]
Conservation, cultivation, and restoration
Cultural use
Photo Gallery
References and notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 USDA Plant Database
- ↑ Gee, K. L., et al. (1994). White-tailed deer: their foods and management in the cross timbers. Ardmore, OK, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation.
- ↑ Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.
- ↑ URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Richard R. Clinebell II, William Platt, Sidney McDaniel, Randy Haynes States and counties: Georgia (Thomas) Alabama (Cherokee)
- ↑ Platt, W.J., R. Carter, G. Nelson, W. Baker, S. Hermann, J. Kane, L. Anderson, M. Smith, K. Robertson. 2021. Unpublished species list of Wade Tract old-growth longleaf pine savanna, Thomasville, Georgia.
