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§1 Plant
Ruellia purshiana Fernald
vernacular Pursh's wild petunia — species · 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
· 46 counties across 10 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 46 counties across 10 states/territories.
Georgia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 7 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 20 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Bedford 51019
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Frederick 51069
- Hanover 51085
- Lee 51105
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Washington 51191
West Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RUPU2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5415381 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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