Index / Search / Ruellia caroliniensis ssp. ciliosa
§1 Plant
Ruellia caroliniensis (J.F. Gmel.) Steud. ssp. ciliosa (Pursh) R.W. Long var. cinerascens (Fernald) Kartesz & Gandhi
vernacular Carolina wild petunia — variety · Acanthaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Acanthaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Ruellia
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 78 counties across 7 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 78 counties across 7 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Calhoun 12013
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Escambia 12033
- Gadsden 12039
- Gulf 12045
- Hernando 12053
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Marion 12083
- Okaloosa 12091
- Pinellas 12103
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- St. Johns 12109
- Sumter 12119
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Attala 28007
- Carroll 28015
- Clarke 28023
- Copiah 28029
- Covington 28031
- DeSoto 28033
- Franklin 28037
- Greene 28041
- Hancock 28045
- Holmes 28051
- Itawamba 28057
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Jefferson 28063
- Jefferson Davis 28065
- Jones 28067
- Lauderdale 28075
- Lawrence 28077
- Lincoln 28085
- Lowndes 28087
- Marion 28091
- Montgomery 28097
- Noxubee 28103
- Oktibbeha 28105
- Panola 28107
- Pearl River 28109
- Perry 28111
- Rankin 28121
- Scott 28123
- Simpson 28127
- Smith 28129
- Wayne 28153
- Wilkinson 28157
- Winston 28159
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RUCAC5 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5575017 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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