Accession Data

Ruellia affinis

Common Name: Red Ruellia

Family: Acanthaceae

Country of Origin: Brazil (Bahia)

Description: Shrub, to 3 feet, glabrous; leaves elliptic, to 5 inches long, short-petioled; flowers axillary, solitary, corolla 3.5 inches long, scarlet or pale red, broadly funnelform, lobes spreading.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 10-11

Accession #: 198500158

Accession Date: 1985-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1315

Quantity: 2

Source: Unknown

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: euasterid I

Order: Lamiales

Family: Acanthaceae

SubFamily: Acanthoideae

Tribe: Ruellieae

Flowering Data:

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References

  1. Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 29, 2017.
  3. Ruellia affinis at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 29, 2017.
  4. Ruellia affinis at Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 29, 2017.

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Ruellia affinis
Ruellia affinis